A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
September 20, 1981
Original Title:
Безобразная Эльза
Alternate Titles:
Bezobraznaya Elza
Genres:
Comedy
Production Companies:
Gosteleradio USSR
Production Countries:
Soviet Union
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 96
The professor's widow Vivi Cassel has three daughters: pretty Irma and Paula and unattractive, but smart, sharp-tongued Elsa, who is humiliated by the condescending attitude of her sisters and mother. She decides to prove that being a woman is much easier than being a person. After visiting a beauty salon, she makes not only her sisters' suitors fall in love with her, but also the mother's fiancé.
Costume Design:
Greta Taar
Director:
Pavel Khomsky
Director of Photography:
Efim Racimor
Music:
Igor Yakushenko
Novel:
Ensio Rislakki
Production Design:
Olga Levina
Sound:
I. Kirillova
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