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Zigzag of Success
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...
Cast
- Evgeni Leonov as Vladimir Oreshnikov
- Irina Skobtseva as Lidiya Sergeyevna
- Valentina Talyzina as Alevtina Vasiliyevna
- Evgeniy Evstigneev as Ivan Kalachyov
- Aleksei Gribov as Polotentsev
- Gotlib Roninson as Lidiya's Husband
- Georgi Burkov as Petya
- Valentina Telichkina as Olya
- Svetlana Starikova as Ira
- Boris Suslov as Yura
- Nina Sazonova as Mariya Petrovna
- Viktor Shulgin as Vasili Aleksandrovich
Details
- Director
- Eldar Ryazanov
- Released
- December 30, 1968
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Studio
- Mosfilm
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 6.4 / 10 from 40 votes
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