Zigzag of Success

Dec 30, 1968

1h 28m

★ 6.3

Overview

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...

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Mosfilm

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Cast

Vladimir Oreshnikov

Evgeni Leonov

Lidiya Sergeyevna

Irina Skobtseva

Alevtina Vasiliyevna

Valentina Talyzina

Ivan Kalachyov

Evgeniy Evstigneev

Polotentsev

Aleksei Gribov

Lidiya's Husband

Gotlib Roninson

Petya

Georgi Burkov

Olya

Valentina Telichkina

Ira

Svetlana Starikova

Yura

Boris Suslov

Mariya Petrovna

Nina Sazonova

Vasili Aleksandrovich

Viktor Shulgin

Vasilis is a poor conservative man who works in a company and tends to buy the lottery very often - but with no luck. His life will turn upside down when his younger sister turns out to be an anarchist and gets involved with a leftist rebellious man he already knows and hates. Eventually, in an ironic twist of faith, the two of them will earn millions and gain the exact lifestyle they used to fight against and Vasilis will lose his mind.

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