Family Happiness (film)

Family Happiness (Russian: Семейное счастье) is a 1969 Soviet comedy film-almanac directed by Andrey Ladynin, Aleksandr Sheyn Sr. and Sergey Solovev.^[1][2][3]

Family Happiness
Russian poster
Russian: Семейное счастье
Directed by	Andrey Ladynin Aleksandr Sheyn Sr. Sergey Solovev
Written by	Anton Chekhov Andrey Ladynin Sergey Solovev Arkadi Stavitsky
Based on	Novels: "From nothing to do", "Nerves", "The Avenger", "The Offer"
Starring	Alisa Freyndlikh Vyacheslav Tikhonov Nikolay Burlyaev Andrey Mironov Valentin Gaft Tatyana Vasileva
Cinematography	Vladimir Chukhnov Aleksandr Ryabov Roman Veseler Alfredo Álvarez
Edited by	Klavdiya Moskvina
Music by	Isaac Schwarts
Production company	Mosfilm
Release date	1969 (1969)
Running time	84 minute
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Plot

The film consists of four short stories. The first short story tells about a bored mistress who falls in love with the tutor of her children. The second short story tells of a married man, frightened by stories of various mystical phenomena, who spends the night with a governess. In the third story, a man catches his wife with her lover and he decides to kill her for it. And suddenly he begins to guess about the possible punishment for this crime. The fourth short story shows the matchmaking of the landowner Lomov to the daughter of his neighbor.^[4]

Cast

• Alisa Freindlikh as Anna Kapitonova
• Vyacheslav Tikhonov as Kapitonov
• Nikolay Burlyaev as grammar-school boy Schupaltsev
• Andrey Mironov as Fyodor Sigaev
• Valentin Gaft as Salesman
• Tatyana Vasileva as Chubakov's daughter
• Alla Budnitskaya as Sigaev's wife
• Georgy Burkov as landowner Lomov
• Nikolai Gritsenko as Vaksin
• Raisa Kurkina as Vaksin's wife^[5]