The Straw Hat is a 1974 Soviet musical comedy film directed by Leonid Kvinikhidze based on a play by Eugène Labiche. Music 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
  Andrei Mironov
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• Vladislav Strzhelchik
• Zinovi Gerdt
  Zinovi Gerdt
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• Yefim Kopelyan
  Yefim Kopelyan
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• Lyudmila Gurchenko
  Lyudmila Gurchenko
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• Yekaterina Vasilyeva
• Alisa Freindlich
  Alisa Freindlich
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• Mikhail Kozakov
  Mikhail Kozakov
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• Igor Kvasha
  Igor Kvasha
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• Aleksandr Benyaminov
• Vladimir Tatosov
• Irina Maguto
• Marina Starykh
• Sergei Migitsko
• Yelena Yefimova
  Yelena Yefimova
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Songs from the film

• I'm getting married, I'm getting married...
• Song about lovers
• Song about the straw hat
• Song about a cornet
• Song about a cheated husband

See Sonkino.ru for the text of the songs