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.
Unfortunately the movie A Cruel Romance is not yet available on Disney Plus.
| Directing | Eldar Ryazanov | Director |
| Writing | Alexander Ostrovsky | Theatre Play |
| Camera | Vadim Alisov | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Andrey Petrov | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Natalya Ivanova | Costume Design |
| Art | Aleksandr Borisov | Production Design |
| Editing | Valeriya Belova | Editor |
| Writing | Eldar Ryazanov | Screenplay |
| Directing | Leonid Chertok | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Semyon Litvinov | Sound Director |
| Sound | Vladimir Vinogradov | Sound Director |
| Crew | Bella Akhmadulina | Poem |
| Crew | Rudyard Kipling | Poem |
| Crew | Eldar Ryazanov | Poem |
| Crew | Marina Tsvetaeva | Poem |
| Sound | Sergei Skripka | Conductor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Iya Perminova | Makeup & Hair |
| Camera | Pyotr Kuznetsov | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Bozhena Maslennikova | Color Grading |
| Directing | Tatyana Pronina | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Alexandr Gromov | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Vladimir Shmyga | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Anatoliy Vasilyev | Assistant Camera |
| Writing | Lyubov Gorina | Script Editor |
| Sound | Raisa Lukina | Music Editor |
| Writing | Vladimir Lakshin | Script Consultant |
| Production | Lazar Milkis | Executive Producer |
| Production | Lyudmila Zakharova | Executive Producer |
