🎬 After Two Hares

Oleg Borisov was a Soviet and Russian stage and screen actor. He became widely known for playing Svyryd Holokhvosty in the beloved Ukrainian comedy Za dvoma zaitsyamy (1961), a film that grew into one of the most popular titles in Soviet-era cinema. He spent much of his career at the Bolshoy Drama Theatre in Leningrad.

Nikolaj Jakovčenko was a Ukrainian film and theatre actor closely associated with the Kyiv Film Studio. He is best remembered for playing the scheming barber Svyryd Holochvostyj in the comedy Za dvěma zajíci (1961), which became one of the most beloved films in Ukrainian cinema history.

Konstantin Yershov was a Soviet film director of Russian origin who worked at Mosfilm studio. He made his mark with the feature debut Vij (1967), an adaptation of Gogol's story widely regarded as the first Soviet horror film to stand alongside international genre productions. He also worked as an actor.

Nina Antonova is a Soviet and Ukrainian film and theatre actress, born 2 December 1935. A Merited Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1980), she is known for her role as the boarding-house maid in the beloved 1961 comedy Chasing Two Hares, as well as for Voennaya tayna (1959). Her career has stretched into recent decades, wi…

Olga Viklandt (1911-1983) was a Soviet film and theatre actress, best known for her role in the comedy Za dvěma zajíci (1961), one of the most beloved films in Ukrainian cinema. She worked in Kyiv theatres and appeared in numerous Soviet productions throughout her career.

Margarita Krinicyna (1932-2005) was a Soviet and Ukrainian actress who spent most of her career in Kyiv. She is best remembered for playing Pronja Prokopivna in the 1961 comedy Chasing Two Hares - the "European-educated" bride who has no idea her suitor is only after her dowry. In 1996 she received the title of People…