Happiness (1935 film)
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Happiness | |
| Directed by | Aleksandr Medvedkin |
| Written by | Aleksandr Medvedkin |
| Starring | Pyotr Zinovyev Yelena Yegorova |
Release date |
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Running time | 99 minutes West German TV cut: 66 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Languages | Silent film Russian intertitles |
Happiness (
The original print featured an experimental
color sequence illustrating a poor peasant's dreams of becoming a king.[1] It was the first color production of the Mosfilm studio. According to Medvedkin, "At that time the peasant could not dream of anything multicoloured of beautiful. His dream was limited, and in that the technology helped".[2] The sequence was discarded on account of its poor technical quality and is apparently lost.[2]
Unnoticed on its release, Happiness became well known in the 1960s among film scholars.[3] It was especially championed by Chris Marker who included some excerpts from Happiness in his 1992 documentary The Last Bolshevik.
Cast
- Peter Zinoviev as The Loser
- Elena Egorova as Anna
References
- ^ a b "Художественный фильм "Счастье"". Russkoekino.ru. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
- ^ ISBN 9781850434054. Pages 36, 49.
- ^ "Happiness". Silentsaregolden.com. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
External links
- Happiness at IMDb
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