Watch A Cruel Romance (1984) Online

The film is based on the play by Alexander Ostrovsky “Without a Dowry”. The action takes place on the banks of the Volga in the fictional provincial town of Bryakhimov in 1877-1878. Harita Ignatyevna Ogudalova, a noblewoman of a good and respected family, a widow with three adult daughters, became impoverished after her husband’s death, but she does everything to arrange her daughters' life and marry them to sufficiently rich and noble grooms. In the absence of funds, she keeps an open house, hoping that a society of beautiful and musical young ladies will attract single men rich enough to marry loveless women. Kharita’s only “at a loose end” daughter is the youngest - Larisa Dmitrievna Ogudalova, who is not indifferent to several wealthy gentlemen at once, among whom Sergey Sergeyevich Paratov is a handsome, charming, smarty, frivolous and rich gentleman. Read More

Watch A Cruel Romance online. Featuring Alisa Freyndlikh and Larisa Guzeeva, A Cruel Romance is classified as Drama and Romance genre movie with an average rating across the web of 7.4. It is available for streaming online in the UK on 1 services such as Apple iTunes. The movie was filmed in Russia and was released on 1984. A Cruel Romance was directed by Nikita Mikhalkov,Evgeny Tsymbal,Eldar Ryazanov. Read Less