The Straw Hat

The Straw Hat (, 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. 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 - Leonidas Fadinard Vladislav Strzhelchik - Antoine Nonancourt Zinovi Gerdt - Tardiveau Yefim Kopelyan - Beauperthuis Lyudmila Gurchenko - Bocardon Yekaterina Vasilyeva - Anaïs Beaupertuis Alisa Freindlich - La baronne de Champigny Mikhail Kozakov - Achille de Rosalba Igor Kvasha - Émile Tavernier Aleksandr Benyaminov - Vezinet Vladimir Tatosov - Félix Irina Maguto - Virginie Marina Starykh - Hélène Sergey Migitsko - Bobin Mikhail Boyarsky - Ninardi Yevgenia Vetlova - minstrel Alexander Kolpashnikov - minstrel Songs from the film Intro song ("We actors, minstrels, bards and poets...") Song about the straw hat I'm getting married, I'm getting married... The song of a retired Musketeer Song about broken hopes The song of the Parisian waiter A song about a provincial town ("Our town isn't worse than Paris...") National Guards March Romance ("I remember a wonderful country...") Lover's song ("Connection of the hearts...") Final song ("Rest in peace, Eugène Labiche...") See Songkino.ru for the text of the songs