Movielogr
Streak of Luck (1983)
Directed by Yevgeni Gerasimov, Semyon Morozov, Aleksandr Majorov
Overview
Polosa vezeniya (literally) ‘Streak of Luck’ is the fifth film in a Mosfilm “youth” anthology series and comprises three short stories. The first story, ‘Vizit’ (The Visit) directed by film maker turned politician Yevgeni Gerasimov tells the story of a rural boy visiting his former village girlfriend, now living in Moscow. Next comes a short film by Aleksandr Majorov called ‘Zolotye rybki’ (Goldfishes) which is based on a story of a magical goldfish brought from a provincial pet store by the late Russian historian and science-fiction and fantasy writer Kir Bulychyov. The final segment and the title of the film, ‘Polosa vezeniya’ (Streak of Luck) tells the story of a member of staff at a research institute who is offered the job of the department head, but has second thoughts when he discovers the previous boss was unfairly dismissed.
Length 87 minutes
Actors
Oleg Shtefanko | Natalya Vavilova | Svetlana Nemolyaeva | Galina Polskikh | Vyacheslav Nevinnyy | Tatyana Bozhok | Sergei Balabanov | Mikhail Kononov | Vitali Solomin | Nina Ter-Osipyan | Yevgeni Gerasimov | Nikolai Parfyonov | Yelena Maksimova | Valentina Titova | Aleksandr Lebedev | Igor Yasulovich | Valentin Golubenko | Anatoliy Kuznetsov | Valentin Pechnikov | Larisa Udovichenko | Veronika Izotova | Oleg Mokshantsev | Gennady Sayfulin