Krechinsky's Wedding

Poster of the first submission of Krechinsky Weddings

Krechinsky's Wedding (Russian: Свадьба Кречинского) is a three-act comedy written by Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin in 1854, based on a rumor in Moscow society about a card sharp who received a large sum of money from a usurer by pawning a false diamond. The author wrote parts of the play in prison while under suspicion for the murder of his mistress. The comedy the first play in a dramatic trilogy Pictures of the Past (Картины прошедшего), which also includes The Trial (Дело) and Tarelkin's Death (Смерть Тарелкина). The play was first published in 1856 in volume 57, issue 5 of the journal The Contemporary.

Film versions

• The Marriage of Krechinsky (1908) directed by Alexander Drankov
• Krechinsky's Wedding (1953 film), directed by Aleksey Zolotnitsky
• Krechinsky's Wedding (1974 film), directed by Vladimir Vorobyov
• Krechinsky's Wedding (1975 film), directed by Mariya Muat and Leonid Kheyfets
• Joker (2002 film), directed by Mikhail Kozakov
• Krechinsky's Wedding (2011 film), directed by P. Khomsky

Bibliography

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• Starosel'skaia N. D. Sukhovo-Kobylin. Moscow: Molodaia gvardiia, 2003. ISBN 5-235-02566-0.
• Tunimanov V. "Krechinskii i Raspliuev". In Sukhovo-Kobylin A. V.: Svad'ba Krechinskogo, 86–95. Leningrad: Detskaia literatura, 1983.