Family Happiness (1970)
The film comprises four novellas: (1) “From Boredom”. A wealthy matron, bored with life, embarks on a romance with her children’s romantic tutor. (2) “Nerves”. Haunted by tales of the supernatural, Vaksin can’t sleep and is found in the morning napping on the governess’s chest. (3) “The Avenger”. A husband plans to kill his unfaithful wife but abandons the plot when he dreads the punishment to come. (4) “The Proposal”. A tragicomic matchmaking tale of landowner Lomov wooing his neighbor’s daughter.
Directors:
Andrei Ladynin, Sergey Solovyov, Alexandr Sheyn.
Writers:
Arkadi Stavitsky, Andrei Ladynin, Sergey Solovyov.
| Directing | Andrei Ladynin | Director |
| Directing | Sergey Solovyov | Director |
| Writing | Alexandr Sheyn | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Roza Satunovskaya | Costume Design |
| Art | Galina Shabanova | Production Design |
| Camera | Alfredo Álvarez | Director of Photography |
| Art | Anatoliy Kuznetsov | Production Design |
| Editing | Alla Abramova | Editor |
| Camera | Aleksandr Ryabov | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Roman Veseler | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Alexandr Sheyn | Director |
| Camera | Vladimir Chukhnov | Camera Operator |
| Production | Dmitry Zalbstein | Producer |
| Writing | Arkadi Stavitsky | Screenplay |
| Writing | Andrei Ladynin | Screenplay |
| Sound | Isaac Schwarts | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Lidiya Lysenkova | Editor |
| Writing | Sergey Solovyov | Screenplay |
| Writing | Anton Chekhov | Short Story |
| Art | Leonid Pertsev | Production Design |