The film is dedicated to the heroines of Ostrovsky’s plays—wives, cooks, actresses, matchmakers. For the most part, these are composite characters, but many of them have real-life prototypes. The author was a keen observer and recorded everything interesting in his diary. This is how the gallery of images from his native Zamoskvorechye, where Ostrovsky was born, came into being. Later, after traveling along the Volga, portraits of residents from small towns along the river were added. Alexander Nikolaevich never overlooked the details. When the playwright described daily life, the details of clothing, or the manner of speaking of a character, the hero would literally come to life.
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Cast
Iya Savvina
ведущая / Кручинина
Lidiya Savchenko
Домна Пантелевна / Павла Петровна Бальзаминова / Фелисата Герасимовна Кукушкина / Маланья / Улита
Alla Pokrovskaya
Домна Евстигневна Миначева / Татьяна Никоновна
Natalya Tenyakova
Фетинья Мироновна Епишкина / Акулина Гавриловна Красавина / Марфа Игнатьевна Кабанова / Пульхерия Андревна Гущина
Lyubov Strizhenova
Матрёна Савишна Пузатова / Вера Филипповна / Антонина Власьевна Бедонегова
Raisa Maksimova
Аграфена Кондратьевна Большова / Феона / Раиса Павловна Гурмыжская
Marina Brusnikina
Ольга Дмитриевна / Домна Евстигневна Белотелова
Natalya Molokina
Олинька
Vera Sotnikova
Марья Антиповна / Юлинька, дочь Кукушкиной
Elena Zemlyanikina-Krylatova
Настя
Yanina Lisovskaya
Липочка
Irina Golitsyna
Лидия Чебоксарова
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