''Without a Dowry'' (russian: Бесприданница, Bespridannitsa) is a 1937 Soviet drama film directed by

Yakov Protazanov Yakov Alexandrovich Protazanov (russian: Яков Александрович Протазанов; 4 February ( O.S. 23 January ) 1881 – 8 August 1945) was a Russian and Soviet film director and screenwriter, and one of the founding fathers of ...

and starring

Nina Alisova Nina Ulyanovna Alisova (russian: Нина Ульяновна Алисова) (15 December 1915 in Kyiv – 12 October 1996 in Moscow) was a Soviet theater and film actress. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1950). After her death she was buried in the ...

. It was based on

Alexander Ostrovsky Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky (russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Остро́вский; ) was a Russian playwright, generally considered the greatest representative of the Russian realistic period. The author of 47 origina ...

's play ''

Without a Dowry ''Without a Dowry'' (russian: Бесприданница) is a play by Alexander Ostrovsky that premiered on 1878 in literature, 1878 at the Maly Theatre (Moscow), Maly Theater and first published in the January 1879 issue of ''Otechestvennye Zapi ...

'' (1878).

Cast

– Larisa Dmitriyevna Ogudalova *

Olga Pyzhova Olga may refer to: People and fictional characters * Olga (name), a given name, including a list of people and fictional characters named Olga or Olha * Michael Algar (born 1962), English singer also known as "Olga" Places Russia * Olga, Russia ...

– Kharita Ignatyevna Ogudalova *

Anatoly Ktorov Anatoly Petrovich Ktorov (Russian: Анатолий Петрович Кторов; April 24, 1898September 30, 1980) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1963). Early years He was born Anatoly Petrovich Vi ...

– Sergei Sergeyevich Paratov * Mikhail Klimov – Mokiy Parmyonych Knurov *

Boris Tenin Boris Mikhailovich Tenin (; 23 March 1905, Kuznetsk – 8 September 1990, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1981). Biography Boris Tenin was born in Kuznetsk in a family of a rai ...

– Vasily Danilych Vozhevatov * Vladimir Balikhin – Yuly Kapitonych Karandyshev * Vladimir Popov – Arkady "Robinzon" Shablitsev * Varvara Ryzhova – Yefrosinya Potapovna

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* 1937 films Gorky Film Studio films Soviet black-and-white films Films directed by Yakov Protazanov Soviet films based on plays Films based on works by Alexander Ostrovsky Soviet romantic drama films 1937 romantic drama films {{1930s-USSR-film-stub