Film

Family Happiness

1970 · 1h 29m · Drama · Comedy

IMDb

8.1

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.

Alisa Freyndlikh

Vyacheslav Tikhonov

Nikolay Burlyaev

Nikolai Gritsenko

Raisa Kurkina

Lidiya Sukharevskaya

Andrey Mironov

Valentin Gaft

Alla Budnitskaya

Igor Yasulovich

Georgi Burkov

Anatoliy Papanov

Yekaterina Vasilyeva

Aleksandr Orlov

• Andrei LadyninDirector · Screenplay
• Sergey SolovyovDirector · Screenplay
• Alexandr SheynWriter · Director
• Arkadi StavitskyScreenplay
• Dmitry ZalbsteinProducer
• Alfredo ÁlvarezDirector of Photography
• Roman VeselerDirector of Photography
• Aleksandr RyabovDirector of Photography
• Isaac SchwartsOriginal Music Composer
• Alla AbramovaEditor

Release date

June 8, 1970

Status

Released

Original language

Russian

Runtime

1h 29m

Genres

Drama, Comedy