The Dog in the Manger

(1977)

★ 7.7 IMDb · 1,045 votes

Genres: Comedy

Year: 1977

Runtime: 138 min

Country: Soviet Union

Director: Ян Фрид

Cast: Михаил Боярский, Маргарита Терехова, Игорь Дмитриев, Николай Караченцов, Елена Проклова

Plot

The rich and noble Signora Diana is tormented by doubts: she has to choose between suitors worthy of her hand and her handsome and seductive personal secretary. And the latter, in turn, can not decide who is more to his heart - his charming mistress or her maid...

Teodoro, secretary of Countess Diana de Bellefleur, looks after Marcela, the Countess's maid. Watching the development of their romance, the mistress suddenly feels jealousy awaken in her. But convention and the burden of prejudice have a strong hold over the independent and willful Diana. She, making fun of her noble suitors, cannot deign to confess her love to a rootless servant.