In the town of Bryakhimov, noble but poor widow Harita Ignatyevna Ogudalova seeks to arrange marriages for her three daughters. She maintains an “open house”, hoping to attract gentlemen well-off enough to marry a dowry-less girl for love.

• Mosfilm
• Alisa Freyndlikh
• Larisa Guzeeva
• Nikita Mikhalkov
• Andrey Myagkov
• Aleksey Petrenko
• Viktor Proskurin
• Georgi Burkov
• Tatyana Pankova