Based on the Ukrainian vaudeville by Mykhailo Starytskyi, the famous Ukrainian writer. The leading character, Svyryd Petrovych Holokhvosty has his own barbershop in town and a reputation of a dandy. Once, after losing everything he had at cards, he decides to remedy his financial situation by a profitable marriage. A rich but ugly girl named Pronia Sirko falls for the illustrious suitor’s courtship...
Олег Борисов
as Svyryd Petrovych Holokhvosty
Маргарита Криницына
as Pronia Prokopivna Sirko
Микола Яковченко
as Prokip Sirko
Anna Kushnirenko
as Yavdokha Sirko
Нонна Копержинська
as Sekleta Lymerykha
Наталія Наум
as Halia
Анатолій Юрченко
as Stepan
Константин Ершов
as Pliashka
Taisiya Lytvynenko
as Khymka
Вячеслав Воронин
as young man
Людмила Алфимова
as nun Mironiia
Ольга Викландт
as Mademoiselle Ninon