HONORE DE BALZAC'S MISTAKE (1969)
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Honore de Balzac's Mistake
Drama
January 6, 1969
Russian
1h 34m
Soviet Union
Dovzhenko Film Studios
It is a story of the relationship of A French writer and a beautiful duchess Ganskaya. The events take place in a picturesque estate of the aristocrat on the Ukrainian land, which is under the power of Polish landowners. Ganskaya is considered to be the most important woman in Balzac’s life.
Cast & Characters
Rufina Nifontova
Comtesse Evelina Hanska
Viktor Khokhryakov
Honoré de Balzac
Vladimir Belokurov
Zarytskyi
Stepan Birillo
Gosslen, publisher
Ivan Mykolaichuk
Levko, a serf lackey of Countess Evelina Hanska
Yaroslav Gelias
colonel Karol Hanskyi
Rayisa Nedashkivska
Anna Mnishek
Georgi Georgiu
Halperin, banker
Vladimir Gajdarov
General Bibikov
Ivan Dmitriev
Moskalenko
Igor Dmitriev
Davydov
Valeriya Zaklunnaya
Maryna
Mikhail Sidorkin
Sherstinevich
Harijs Liepiņš
Yankovsky, a priest
Yevheniya Opalova
mother of Balzac
Nikolai Kryukov
Victor Hugo
Sergei Polezhayev
Nicholas I
Lyalya Bobrova
Gypsy
Aleksey Tarshin
Konetspolskyi
Ivan Kononenko-Kozelskyi
episode
Pyotr Mikhnevich
episode
Crew
Timofei Levchuk
Director
Leonid Bykov
Writer
Aleksandr Satsky
Writer
Natan Rybak
Writer
Heorhiy Mayboroda
Original Music Composer
Volodymyr Voitenko
Director of Photography