Wedding in Malinovka

Wedding in Malinovka (Russian: Свадьба в Малиновке, Svadba v Malinovke) is a 1967 Soviet musical comedy film directed by Andrei Tutyshkin based on an operetta by Boris Aleksandrov adapted by Leonid Yukhvid.

The film is about an Ukrainian village during the time of the Russian Civil War. With power alternating almost daily between Soviet and Ukrainian nationalist forces, the villagers of Malinovka are never sure who is in charge, so they modify their behaviour and dress accordingly.

Cast

Vladimir Samoilov as Nazar Duma, Red squadron commander

Lyudmila Alfimova as Sofya (vocals — Valentina Levko)

Valentina Lysenko as Yarinka

Yevgeni Lebedev as Nechipor

Zoya Fyodorova as Gorpina Dormidontovna

Heliy Sysoyev as Andreyka (vocal — Mikhail Egorov)

Mikhail Pugovkin as Yashka the Gunner

Nikolai Slichenko as Petrya

Grigori Abrikosov as Grytsko Balyasny, or Pan-Ataman Gritsian Tavrichesky.

Andrei Abrikosov as Balyasny Senior

Mikhail Vodyanoy as Popandopulo

Tamara Nosova as Komarikha

Emma Treyvas as Tryndychikha

Aleksei Smirnov as Smetana

Margarita Krinitsyna

Aleksandr Orlov as priest

Lyubov Tishchenko

Aleksandr Zakharov

Vyacheslav Voronin as Chechil

N. Kogan

B. Moreno

A. Pishvanov

Yu. Shepelev

Dance scenes were cast with the participation of the Moldovan dance troupe Joc.