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The Captivating Star of Happiness (1975) [N/A]

Release Date:
November 11, 1975

Original Title:
Звезда пленительного счастья

Alternate Titles:
Zvezda plenitelnogo schastya

Genres:
Drama | History | Romance

Production Companies:
Lenfilm
Vtoroe Tvorcheskoe Obedinenie

Production Countries:
Soviet Union

Ratings / Certifications:
RU: 12+ 

Runtime: 167

Overview from TheMovieDB

In December 1825, distinguished members of the Russian military, most of whom were quite affluent and of noble lineage, took it upon themselves to stir revolution against the autocratic and tyrannical Czar Nikolai I in the wake of his not honoring the drafting of a constitution for the Russian people. The revolution failed miserably and the conspirators (known as the Decembrists) were weeded out by the czar himself. One by one, each of the conspirators confess and are systematically exiled to the harsh winters of Siberia, slated to work and wither in a prison/mine. The wives of the conspirators are faced with the prospect of leaving the bosom of wealth and family (including their own children) to be with their husbands in the brutal Siberian locale. If they agree to this, they face having their illustrious social stations stripped away and certain disdain from everyone around them...

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Production

Assistant Director:
G. Chernyaev
V. Apananskiy

Camera Operator:
Anatoly Taborov

Conductor:
Yuri Temirkanov

Costume Design:
Natalya Vasilyeva

Decorator:
A. Ksenofontova
Elizaveta Urlina

Director:
Vladimir Motyl

Director of Photography:
Dmitri Meskhiyev

Editor:
Ye. Sadovskaya

Executive Producer:
Natan Pechatnikov

Lighting Artist:
I. Emelyanova

Lyricist:
Bulat Okudzhava

Makeup & Hair:
L. Kompaneyets
Valentin Savelyev

Music:
Isaac Schwarts

Production Design:
Valery Kostrin

Script Editor:
I. Tarsanova

Sound:
M. Lazarev

Visual Effects Camera:
G. Kokorev
M. Kandat

Writer:
Mark Zakharov
Vladimir Motyl
Oleg Osetinsky

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