Zigzag of Success
Zigzag of Success[1] (Russian: Зигзаг удачи,[2] translit. Zigzag udachi) is a 1968 Soviet comedy film directed by Eldar Ryazanov.
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| Directed by | Eldar Ryazanov |
| Written by | Eldar Ryazanov Emil Braginsky |
| Starring | Yevgeny Leonov Irina Skobtseva Valentina Talyzina Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev |
| Narrated by | Zinovy Gerdt |
| Music by | Andrey Petrov |
| Cinematography | Vladimir Nakhabtsev |
| Edited by | Yekaterina Ovsyannikova |
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Release date | 30 December 1968 |
Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Plot
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 ...
Cast
- Yevgeny Leonov as Vladimir Oreshnikov, photographer
- Irina Skobtseva as Lidia Sergeevna, photographer
- Valentina Talyzina as Alevtina Vasil'evna, receptionist in photo studio, the chairman of the trade union committee of photo studio
- Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev as Ivan Kalachev, director of carpool, Alevtina's bridegroom
- Alexey Gribov as Kirill Polotencev, director of photo studio
- Gotlib Roninson as radiologist, Lidia Sergeevna's husband
- Georgi Burkov as Peter, photographer-retoucher, alcoholic
- Valentina Telichkina as Olya, Oreshnikov's bride, cashier in bank
- Boris Suslov as Yura, photographer
- Svetlana Starikova as Irina, Yura's wife
- Antonina Dmitrieva as leading lottery
- Nina Sazonova as Maria Petrovna, Alevtina's mother
- Victor Shulgin as Alevtina's father
- Felix Javorski as chairman of the lottery commission
- Vladimir Gulyaev as policeman on lottery
- Ekaterina Savinova as oranges saleswoman