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Chasing Two Hares

Chasing Two Hares

19617.71h 17m

Overview

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...

Directed by Viktor Ivanov
Written by Viktor Ivanov, Mykhailo Starytskyi
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Top Cast

Oleg Borisov

Oleg Borisov

Svyryd Petrovych Holokhvosty

Margarita Krinitsyna

Margarita Krinitsyna

Pronia Prokopivna Sirko

Mykola Yakovchenko

Mykola Yakovchenko

Prokip Sirko

Anna Kushnirenko

Anna Kushnirenko

Yavdokha Sirko

Nonna Koperzhynska

Nonna Koperzhynska

Sekleta Lymerykha

Nataliia Naum

Nataliia Naum

Halia

Anatolii Yurchenko

Anatolii Yurchenko

Stepan

Konstantin Ershov

Konstantin Ershov

Pliashka

Taisiya Lytvynenko

Taisiya Lytvynenko

Khymka

Vyacheslav Voronin

Vyacheslav Voronin

young man

Themes & Keywords

double lifebased on play or musicalweddingukraine

About Chasing Two Hares

Chasing Two Hares is a comedy film released in 1961 exploring themes of double life, based on play or musical, wedding, ukraine. Directed by Viktor Ivanov, it stars Oleg Borisov, Margarita Krinitsyna, Mykola Yakovchenko. 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...

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