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A Felicidade (1935)

Schaste (original title)
| Comedy, Drama | 15 March 1935 (Soviet Union)
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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.

Director:

Aleksandr Medvedkin

Writer:

Aleksandr Medvedkin

Stars:

Pyotr Zinovyev, Yelena Yegorova, Nikolay Cherkasov | See full cast & crew »
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Cast

Credited cast:
Pyotr Zinovyev Pyotr Zinovyev ... Khmyr - an ill-fated mujik
Yelena Yegorova ... Anna Khmyrova - the mujik's wife
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nikolay Cherkasov
Mikhail Gipsi Mikhail Gipsi ... Taras Platonovich
Viktor Kulakov
V. Lavrentyev V. Lavrentyev
G. Mirgorian G. Mirgorian
Lidiya Nenasheva Lidiya Nenasheva ... Nun
V. Uspensky V. Uspensky
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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. Written by Erik Gregersen <erik@astro.as.utexas.edu>

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russia | happiness | rural setting | countryside | taxes | See All (22) »

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Comedy | Drama

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Country:

Soviet Union

Release Date:

15 March 1935 (Soviet Union) See more »

Also Known As:

A Felicidade See more »

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Vostokfilm See more »
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Silent

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Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Khmyr's dream sequence was originally meant to be in color and was in fact originally filmed in color, a first for the studio Mosfilm. The footage was, however, not included in the finished film because its quality was deemed unacceptable. See more »

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Soviet Humor
25 June 2013 | by gavin6942 – See all my reviews

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

Unnoticed on its release, "Happiness" became well-known in the 1960s among film scholars. It was especially championed by Chris Marker who included some excerpts from "Happiness" in his 1992 documentary "The Last Bolshevik". I wish it had been noticed sooner and was better known today.

Soviet film, at least in the early years, tends to be serious and quite political. Here it may be political, but it is anything but serious. There are some humorous moments mixed with some unusual camera tricks (watching food fly into the old man's mouth is a surreal experience).
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