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Zigzag of Success
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Zigzag of Success

1968-12-30 · 88 min · ★ 6.4

Comedy

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...

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Directors
Eldar Ryazanov
Production companies
Mosfilm
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

Top Cast

Evgeni LeonovEvgeni LeonovVladimir Oreshnikov
Irina SkobtsevaIrina SkobtsevaLidiya Sergeyevna
Valentina TalyzinaValentina TalyzinaAlevtina Vasiliyevna
Evgeniy EvstigneevEvgeniy EvstigneevIvan Kalachyov
Aleksei GribovAleksei GribovPolotentsev
Gotlib RoninsonGotlib RoninsonLidiya's Husband
Georgi BurkovGeorgi BurkovPetya
Valentina TelichkinaValentina TelichkinaOlya
Svetlana StarikovaIra
Boris SuslovYura
Nina SazonovaNina SazonovaMariya Petrovna
Viktor ShulginViktor ShulginVasili Aleksandrovich
Antonina DmitrievaAntonina Dmitrieva
Feliks YavorskyFeliks Yavorsky
Vladimir GulyaevVladimir Gulyaev
Ekaterina SavinovaEkaterina Savinova
Zoya IsaevaZoya Isaeva
Nina AgapovaNina Agapova
Vitaliy Komissarov
Viktor KolpakovViktor Kolpakov

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