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Streak of Luck
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Streak of Luck

Jan 1, 1983
1h 27m
★ 5.5

Overview

The fifth film in a Mosfilm "youth" anthology series comprising three short stories. The first story, 'Vizit' (The Visit), directed by filmmaker turned politician Yevgeni Gerasimov, tells the story of a rural boy visiting his former village girlfriend, now living in Moscow. Next comes a short film by Aleksandr Majorov called 'Zolotye rybki' (Goldfishes), which is based on a story of a magical goldfish brought from a provincial pet store by the late Russian historian and science-fiction and fantasy writer Kir Bulychyov. The final segment and the title of the film, 'Polosa vezeniya' (Streak of Luck), tells the story of a member of staff at a research institute who is offered the job of department head but has second thoughts when he discovers the previous boss was unfairly dismissed.

Genres

Fantasy
Science Fiction
Comedy
Drama

Production Companies

Studio "Debut"
Mosfilm

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Cast

Oleg Stefan

Oleg Stefan

Natalya Vavilova

Natalya Vavilova

Svetlana Nemolyaeva

Svetlana Nemolyaeva

Galina Polskikh

Galina Polskikh

Vyacheslav Nevinnyy

Vyacheslav Nevinnyy

Tatyana Bozhok

Tatyana Bozhok

Sergei Balabanov

Sergei Balabanov

Mikhail Kononov

Mikhail Kononov

Vitali Solomin

Vitali Solomin

Nina Ter-Osipyan

Nina Ter-Osipyan

Yevgeni Gerasimov

Yevgeni Gerasimov

Nikolai Parfyonov

Nikolai Parfyonov