Movielogr
Family Happiness (1970)
Directed by Sergey Solovyov, Andrei Ladynin, Alexandr Sheyn
Overview
The film comprises four novellas: (1) “From Boredom”. A wealthy matron, bored with life, embarks on a romance with her children’s romantic tutor. (2) “Nerves”. Haunted by tales of the supernatural, Vaksin can’t sleep and is found in the morning napping on the governess’s chest. (3) “The Avenger”. A husband plans to kill his unfaithful wife but abandons the plot when he dreads the punishment to come. (4) “The Proposal”. A tragicomic matchmaking tale of landowner Lomov wooing his neighbor’s daughter.
Length 89 minutes
Actors
Alisa Freyndlikh | Vyacheslav Tikhonov | Nikolay Burlyaev | Nikolai Gritsenko | Raisa Kurkina | Lidiya Sukharevskaya | Andrey Mironov | Valentin Gaft | Alla Budnitskaya | Igor Yasulovich | Georgi Burkov | Anatoli Papanov | Yekaterina Vasilyeva | Александр Орлов