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Streak of Luck
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Streak of Luck

1983-08-22 · 87 min · ★ 5.8

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Comedy · Drama

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.

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Directors
Yevgeni Gerasimov, Aleksandr Mayorov, Semyon Morozov
Production companies
Studio "Debut", Mosfilm
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

Top Cast

Oleg StefanOleg Stefan
Natalya VavilovaNatalya Vavilova
Svetlana NemolyaevaSvetlana Nemolyaeva
Galina PolskikhGalina Polskikh
Vyacheslav NevinnyyVyacheslav Nevinnyy
Tatyana BozhokTatyana Bozhok
Sergei Balabanov
Mikhail KononovMikhail Kononov
Vitali SolominVitali Solomin
Nina Ter-OsipyanNina Ter-Osipyan
Yevgeni GerasimovYevgeni Gerasimov
Nikolai ParfyonovNikolai Parfyonov
Elena MaksimovaElena Maksimova
Valentina TitovaValentina Titova
Aleksandr LebedevAleksandr Lebedev
Igor YasulovichIgor Yasulovich
Valentin GolubenkoValentin Golubenko
Anatoliy KuznetsovAnatoliy Kuznetsov
Valentin PechnikovValentin Pechnikov
Larisa UdovichenkoLarisa Udovichenko

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