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''Do Not Marry, Girls'' () is a 1985
Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the Character (arts), characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serv ...
directed by Yevgeni Gerasimov.


Plot

Ivan Savelich Malkov, the dedicated chairman of a prosperous Soviet collective farm, worries about the wellbeing of his rural community even while on an overseas cruise. On returning, he discovers that the young women of Bolshie Ugorody village, weary of a shortage of eligible men, are leaving en masse for the city. Determined to keep them in the village, Malkov encourages them to form a folk choir, promising that a televised performance at a fair might attract potential suitors to them instead. Meanwhile, Malkov also tries to invite his famous singer friend Valery Leontiev to perform, though Leontiev remains too busy to break free from his adoring Moscow fans. Soon after, a TV broadcast covering the choir’s performance unexpectedly thrusts the village into the spotlight. As Malkov pursues his vision to construct a large livestock complex for the collective farm, he finds his plans obstructed by local bureaucrats and directly petitions a high-ranking Soviet construction minister, whom he meets at a biathlon event. Impressed by the televised choir, the minister grants Malkov’s request. Following the broadcast, prospective grooms from all over the Soviet Union flock to the village, but the women unexpectedly depart for a nationwide tour along the Baikal-Amur Mainline and even to Japan at the invitation of the Minister of Culture. To the dismayed suitors left behind, Malkov ingeniously proposes they stay on as farmworkers while awaiting the choir's return.


Cast

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Vyacheslav Nevinny Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Nevinny (; 30 November 1934 – 31 May 2009) was a Soviet and Russian actor who was titled a People's Artist of the USSR in 1986. He worked in the Moscow Art Theatre from 1959 until his death in 2009. Biography Nevinny ...
as Ivan Savelievich Malkov, the chairman of the collective farm *
Tatyana Dogileva Tatyana Anatoliyevna Dogileva (; born 27 February 1957) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress, Meritorious Artist of Russia (1989), and People's Artist of Russia (2000). Biography Early life and education Dogileva was born on February ...
as Valya, an agronomist *
Valery Leontiev Valery Yakovlevich Leontiev (; born 19 March 1949) is a Soviet and Russian pop singer, sometimes songwriter and actor, whose popularity peaked in the 1980s and 1990s. He was titled a People's Artist of Russia in 1996.cameo) *
Natalya Vavilova Natalya Dmitrievna Vavilova (, born 26 January 1959) is a Russian film actress. Biography Natalya Vavilova started her career as an actress at the age of fourteen. She appeared in several pictures in supporting roles. In 1984, Natalya Vavilova g ...
as milkmaid *
Victor Pavlov Viktor Pavlovich Pavlov (; October 5, 1940 – August 24, 2006) was a Russian stage and film actor. Pavlov worked in some of the most popular theatres of Moscow: 1963–1965 - Sovremennik Theatre, Yermolova Theatre (1965–1969), Mayakovsk ...
as Victor Skorobeynikov * Yury Nazarov as Chairman of the Commission * Lyubov Sokolova as Praskovya Ilinichna * Stefaniya Staniyuta *
Raisa Ryazanova Raisa Ivanovna Ryazanova (; born 31 October 1944 in Petropavlovsk) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. She has performed in more than sixty films since 1969. She won the State Prize of the USSR (1981) and was the People's Artist of R ...
as Anna Ilinichna * Nikolay Parfyonov as Trofimov *
Yevgeny Steblov Yevgeny Yurievich Steblov (; born December 8, 1945) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, honored as a People's Artist of Russia in 1993. He serves as First Deputy Chairman of the Union of Theatre Workers of the Russian Federation. Bi ...
as Andrey, barber * Tatyana Agafonova as Natalia Soldatova, a milkmaid * Svetlana Ryabova as Olya Dyomina * Marina Ustimenko as milkmaid *
Nina Ruslanova Nina Ivanovna Ruslanova (; 5 December 1945 – 21 November 2021) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. She was honored as a People's Artist of Russia (1998).
as Anisa Ilinichna


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* 1985 films 1980s Soviet films 1980s Russian-language films 1980s musical comedy films Soviet musical comedy films Russian-language musical comedy films Gorky Film Studio films 1985 musical films {{1980s-USSR-film-stub