Song of Happiness (1934)
A coming-of-age story about a flute-playing boy (Yyvan Kyrla) from the Mari people, a national minority who lived near the Volga, and how he is educated by the Soviet state.
Directors: Mark Donskoy, Vladimir Legoshin.
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Mikhail Viktorov as Кавырля Сырлаев/ Миша Эшпай |
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Vladimir Gardin as Карл Францевич Виатачек |
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Yanina Zheymo as Анук |
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Boris Tenin as Горох / Цыбуля |
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Boris Chirkov as Head of the political education department |
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Fyodor Nikitin as Grigoriy Nikolayevich Fastorskiy |
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I. Moskvin as |
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Evgeniy Velikhov as |
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Leonid Kmit as Gryaznov |
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Nikolai Michurin as Ivan Nikitich Lebedev |
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Konstantin Nazarenko as |
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Aleksandr Melnikov as |
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Nikolai Valyano as |
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Viktor Portnov as |
| Directing | Mark Donskoy | Director |
| Directing | Vladimir Legoshin | Director |
| Sound | Grigory Lobachev | Music |
| Writing | Georgiy Kholmskiy | Scenario Writer |
| Camera | Nikolai Ushakov | Camera Operator |
| Art | Semyon Meynkin | Production Design |