Shelmenko the Orderly

A military detachment arrived in the village to the landowner Shpak and the young officer fell in love with the owner's daughter. Sly soldier Shelmenko helps lovers get married.

Cast

Zoya Fyodorova

as Фенна Степановна Шпак

Mikhail Pugovkin

as Шельменко, денщик

Volodymyr Dalskyi

as Кирилл Петрович Шпак, помещик

Lyudmila Senchina

as Присинька Шпак, панночка на выданье

Olga Aroseva

as Аграфена Семёновна Опецковская

Lyubov Korneva

as Эвжени, незамужняя дочь Опецковской

Igor Ozerov

as капитан Иван Семёнович Скворцов

Yuri Medvedev

as Тимофей Кондратьевич Лопуцковский, племянник-жених

Marina Polbentseva

as Мотря

Anatoly Korolkevich

as Трофим, повар

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