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The Straw Hat
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Wikipedia article
'The Straw Hat' (, translit. 'Solomennaya shlyapka') is a 1974 Soviet musical comedy television film directed by Leonid Kvinikhidze based on a play by Eugne Marin Labiche and Marc-Michel.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090710024104/http://1k.com.ua/57/details/13/1 C ] 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
* Vladislav Strzhelchik
* Zinovi Gerdt
* Yefim Kopelyan
* Lyudmila Gurchenko
* Yekaterina Vasilyeva
* Alisa Freindlich
* Mikhail Kozakov
* Igor Kvasha
* Aleksandr Benyaminov
* Vladimir Tatosov
* Irina Maguto
* Marina Starykh
* 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, Eugne Labiche...)
'See [http://songkino.ru/songs/solom_shlyap.html Sonkino.ru] for the text of the songs'
References
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