A Long Happy Life (1966)
A brief encounter between two strangers, Victor and Lena, who meet on a bus. Victor, a performer traveling with an acting troupe, and Lena, a young woman on her way to visit her father, spend a day together, drawn to each other despite their different paths.
Director: Gennady Shpalikov
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Inna Gulaya as Lena |
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Kirill Lavrov as Viktor |
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Pavel Luspekayev as Pavel |
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Marina Polbentseva as Marina |
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Viktor Perevalov as Theatre Fan |
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Georgiy Shtil as Fireman |
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Larisa Burkova as Fireman's Bride |
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Liliya Gurova as Chambermaid |
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Alla Tarasova as Ranevskaya in "Cherry Orchard" (uncredited) |
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Oleg Belov as приятель Лены (гитарист) |
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Vladimir Kochurikhin as Spectator |
| Writing | Gennady Shpalikov | Writer |
| Directing | Gennady Shpalikov | Director |
| Sound | Irina Chernyakhovskaya | Sound Director |
| Camera | Dmitri Meskhiyev | Director of Photography |
| Art | Boris Bykov | Production Design |
| Directing | V. Terentyev | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Aleksandra Borovskaya | Editor |
| Camera | Konstantin Sobol | Camera Operator |
| Camera | A. Gorkov | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Galina Deyeva | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | N. Veselova | Makeup & Hair |
| Art | S. Golovin | Set Designer |
| Directing | Lidiya Dukhnitskaya | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | N. Okuntsova | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Marina Polynova | Third Assistant Director |
| Camera | Anatoly Taborov | Assistant Camera |
| Writing | Aleksandr Volodin | Script Editor |
| Writing | A. Mikhaylova | Script Editor |
| Sound | Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov | Conductor |
| Production | Vladimir Besprozvanny | Producer |