1964 · comedy · literary
The Marriage of Balzaminov
Directed by Konstantin Voinov1h 25m1964
Moscow, XIX century. A small official Misha Balzaminov lives in a small house. He, like his mother, sees his happiness in marrying a rich bride. Misha images in dreams and fantasies that he is a general or even a king — rich and domineering. In reality, poor Balzaminov is haunted by setbacks.
Our read: The Marriage of Balzaminov (1964) reads as a cosy, kinetic, inventive comedy · literary entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy / literary, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- cosy
- brisk
- intimate
- funny
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