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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