Zigzag of Success

Overview

Photo studio "Contemporary" in a provincial town lives with its everyday problems. The director is concerned over the failure to fulfill the planned targets, receptionist Alevtina wants to get married, and photographer Vladimir Oreshnikov dreams of becoming a professional photographer. But suddenly luck smiles on Oreshnikov. He takes 20 rubles form the worker's mutual aid fund, buys a government lottery bond and wins 10,000 rubles. Oreshnikov wants to receive the win himself, but his colleagues object to him, because the money that he spent on the bond were public, hence the win should be divided equally among all workers. It creates a controversial situation, which is successfully resolved on the very eve of the New Year, under the chiming clock...

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 30, 1968

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Mosfilm

Cast

Viktor Kolpakov,Irina Skobtseva,Evgeniy Evstigneev,Vera Burlakova,Evgeni Leonov,Nina Agapova,Viktor Shulgin,German Kachin,Vladimir Gulyaev,Georgi Burkovand 13 more

Director

Eldar Ryazanov

Writer

Anatoliy Stepanov,Emil Braginskiy,Eldar Ryazanov

Producer

S. Losev

Cinematography

Vladimir Nakhabtsev

Music

Andrey Petrov

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0063840