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Zigzag of Success (1968) [N/A]

Release Date:
December 30, 1968

Original Title:
Зигзаг удачи

Alternate Titles:
Les méandres du succès
Zakret szczescia
Õnne vembud

Genres:
Comedy

Production Companies:
Mosfilm

Production Countries:
Soviet Union

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 88

Overview from TheMovieDB

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...

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Production

Animation Director:
Fyodor Khitruk
Eduard Nazarov
Vladimir Zuykov

Costume Design:
Olga Kruchinina

Director:
Eldar Ryazanov

Director of Photography:
Vladimir Nakhabtsev

Editor:
Yekaterina Ovsyannikova

Makeup Artist:
Olga Struntsova

Original Music Composer:
Andrei Petrov

Production Design:
Ippolit Novoderyozhkin
Sergei Voronkov

Sound:
Valeri Popov

Writer:
Emil Braginskiy
Eldar Ryazanov

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