
A clerk fakes his own death in order to get a big fortune.
Cast

Anatoliy Papanov
Maksim Varravin / Captain Polutatarinov

Erast Garin
Kandid Tarelkin / Sila Kopylov

Nikolay Trofimov
Ivan Rasplyuev

Ivan Zhevago
Private bailiff Oh

Georgi Georgiu
Landowner Chvankin

Svetlana Kharitonova
Philistine Brandahlystova

Aleksandra Denisova
Mavrusha

Ivan Ryzhov
Janitor Pakhomov

Lev Polyakov
Kachala

Ivan Kosykh
Shatala

German Kachin
Vanechka
Vladimir Maslatsov
Clerk

Georgi Millyar
Clerk

Nikolay Gorlov
Clerk
Evgeniy Dubasov
Clerk
Mikhail Shcherbakov
Clerk

Valentin Bryleev
Clerk

Pyotr Mukhin
Clerk

Margarita Zharova
Bride from Tarelkin's dream (uncredited)

Valentina Karavayeva
(uncredited)
Crew

Erast Garin
Director, Screenplay

Khesya Lokshina
Director, Screenplay
Vera Biryukova
Script Editor
A. Turkov
Script Editor
Olga Katusheva
Editor

Aleksandr Rybin
Director of Photography
Ye. Razumovskaya
First Assistant Director
O. Chernyak
Assistant Director
Roman Konbrandt
Executive Producer
Lyudmila Bezsmertnova
Production Design
B. Gokke
Camera Operator
Vladimir Sazonov
Assistant Camera
E. Skoretskiy
Assistant Camera
G. Kazakova
Assistant Costume Designer

Yakov Rivosh
Costume Design
Anatoliy Ivanov
Key Makeup Artist
Nina Kratenkova
Sound Recordist
Yuri Milovskiy
VFX Artist
Vladimir Nikitchenko
VFX Artist
Leonid Akimov
VFX Director of Photography
Valentin Zolotarev
Original Music Composer
A. Ivaschenko
Set Designer
Viktor Smirnov
Conductor

Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin
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