Streak of Luck

Overview

The fifth film in a Mosfilm "youth" anthology series comprising three short stories. The first story, 'Vizit' (The Visit), directed by filmmaker 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 department head but has second thoughts when he discovers the previous boss was unfairly dismissed.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 22, 1983

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Mosfilm,Studio "Debut"

Cast

Larisa Udovichenko,Anatoliy Kuznetsov,Natalya Vavilova,Nina Ter-Osipyan,Nikolai Parfyonov,Gennady Sayfulin,Veronika Izotova,Valentin Golubenko,Vitali Solomin,Valentina Titovaand 13 more

Director

Yevgeni Gerasimov,Semyon Morozov,Aleksandr Mayorov

Cinematography

Vladimir Arkhangelskiy,Igor Feldshtein,Georgi Rerberg

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0188306