The Importance of Being Earnest When Algernon discovers that his friend, Ernest, has created a fictional brother for whenever he needs a reason to escape dull country life, Algernon poses as the brother, resulting in ever increasing confusion. Details Casts Posters Title The Importance of Being Earnest Release Date 1976-12-31 Runtime 01 Hours 25 Minutes Genres Comedy TV Movie Production Companies Main editorial board of literary and dramatic programs Central Television USSR Production Countries Soviet Union Lidiya Sukharevskaya... леди Брэкнелл... Vera Vasileva... мисс Призм, гу... Yevgeniya Simonova... Сесили Кардью... Igor Starygin... Альджернон Мо... Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy... Джон Уортинг... Sergei Tseits... каноник Чезюб... Tatyana Vasileva... Гвендолен Фер... Vladimir Ushakov... Мерримен... Yakob Rombro... Лэйн... Oleg Shklovsky... ... Original Size (1333x2000) Original Size (500x750)