A Cruel Romance, MELODRAMA, FULL MOVIE

A drama directed by Eldar Ryazanov based on Alexander Ostrovskys play Bespridannitsa (Without a Dowry). The film gained admiration from the audience. In 1984, it was recognized as the best film of the year by Soviet Screen magazine and won several awards. A brilliant role for Nikita Mikhalkov and a tender debut for Larisa Guzeeva. The film differs significantly from its source material, and is considered by many a piece of work in its own right. It is set in a small provincial town on the coast of the Volga River. Kharita Ignatievna Ogudalova is a widow with three grownup daughters. Having become poor after the death of her husband Dmitry Stepanovich, she does everything to arrange for her daughters, that is, to marry them off to sufficiently rich and noble suitors. Despite her lack of funds, she keeps an open house, reckoning that the company of beautiful, musically gifted young ladies will attract single men rich enough to marry the The drama of the love affair between a destitute wom