The Straw Hat

The Straw Hat
Directed by	Leonid Kvinikhidze
Written by	Leonid Kvinikhidze
Starring	Andrei Mironov Vladislav Strzhelchik Zinovi Gerdt Yefim Kopelyan Lyudmila Gurchenko
Cinematography
Edited by
Music by	Isaac Schwartz
Production company	Lenfilm[1]
Release date	1974 (1974)
Running time	127 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

The Straw Hat (Russian: Соломенная шляпка, translit. Solomennaya shlyapka) is a 1974 Soviet musical comedy television film directed by Leonid Kvinikhidze based on a play by Eugène Marin Labiche and Marc-Michel.^[2] The film's music was composed by Isaac Schwartz.

Plot summary[]

The extravagant life of a charming rentier who thought nothing of consequences. But living on credit finally wakes him up, forcing to end his bachelor's life by marrying the daughter of a wealthy earl for her money. All goes well until a horse eats a certain straw hat, triggering a series of farcical vents interwoven with the marriage.

Cast[]

• Andrei Mironov^[3]
• Vladislav Strzhelchik
• Zinovi Gerdt
• Yefim Kopelyan
• Lyudmila Gurchenko
• Yekaterina Vasilyeva
• Alisa Freindlich
• Mikhail Kozakov
• Igor Kvasha
• Vladimir Tatosov
• Sergey Migitsko
• Mikhail Boyarsky
• Yelena Yefimova

Songs from the film[]

• Intro song (We actors, minstrels, bards and poets...)
• I'm getting married, I'm getting married...
• Song about lovers
• Song about the straw hat
• Song about broken hopes
• Our city isn't worse than Paris...
• National Guards March
• Final song (Rest in peace, Eugène Labiche...)

See Sonkino.ru for the text of the songs (in Russian)

References[]

External links[]

• The Straw Hat at IMDb

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