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Chasing Two Hares
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.
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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.
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Genre:Comedy
Written By:Viktor Ivanov
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Runtime:77 minutes
Studio:Dovzhenko Film Studios
Cast
Viktor Ivanov
Director
Oleg Borisov
Svyryd Petrovych Holokhvosty
Margarita Krinitsyna
Pronia Prokopivna Sirko
Mykola Yakovchenko
Prokip Sirko
Anna Kushnirenko
Yavdokha Sirko
Nonna Koperzhynska
Sekleta Lymerykha
Nataliia Naum
Halia
Anatoli Yurchenko
Stepan
Konstantin Ershov
Pliashka
Taisiya Lytvynenko
Khymka
Vyacheslav Voronin
young man
Lyudmyla Alfimova
nun Mironiia
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