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Happiness (1934)

Genre : Comedy

Runtime : 1H 35M

Director : Aleksandr Medvedkin

Synopsis

A hapless loser (with the surname of Loser) undergoes misadventures with avaracious clergy, a tired horse, and a walking granary (among other things) on his road to collectivized happiness.

Actors

Pyotr Zinovyev
Pyotr Zinovyev
Khmyr
Yelena Yegorova
Yelena Yegorova
Anna Khmyrova
Nikolai Cherkasov
Nikolai Cherkasov
Mikhail Gipsi
Mikhail Gipsi
Taras Platonovich
Viktor Kulakov
Viktor Kulakov

Crews

Aleksandr Medvedkin
Aleksandr Medvedkin
Director
Aleksandr Medvedkin
Aleksandr Medvedkin
Writer
Gleb Troyanski
Gleb Troyanski
Director of Photography
Aleksei Utkin
Aleksei Utkin
Production Design

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