Live in Joy

Mar 25, 1978

1h 16m

★ 5.1

Overview

A kolkhoz machine-operator is a local inventor who has tensions with his wife over his hobby. He invents a useful appendage for a grain harvester combine and an article about his invention is printed in a local paper. Kolkhoz chairman then entrusts him with a mission to get equipment from a nearby city for building a bridge, but the machine-operator is duped by crooks.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Mosfilm

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Cast

Митяй Пряжкин (Дмитрий Петрович)

Leonid Kuravlyov

«Дипломат» (Виталий Гаврилович Марципанов, жулик)

Vladimir Basov

дед Афоня «Самосвал»

Boris Novikov

мать Митяя Марья Пряжкина

Valentina Telegina

Анисья (жена деда Афони)

Zoya Fyodorova

Ульяна (жена Митяя Пряжкина)

Elena Drapeko

снабженец, «толкач»

Roman Filippov

секретарь Куманькова в «Спецстрое»

Nina Grebeshkova

Буркова (старший следователь областной прокуратуры)

Svetlana Kharitonova

«Бацилла», Леонтий Маркелович Федырин

Savely Kramarov

Галя (секретарь следователя Бурковой, нет в титрах)

Svetlana Starikova

председатель колхоза Николай Матвеевич

Pyotr Lyubeshkin

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