If You Want To Be Happy (1974)
Andrei and Tanya love each other, which is why frequent partings are so difficult for them: Andrei is a test pilot, and Tanya works on television, and both are constantly on business trips. They have two sons — twins. For eight years of marriage, they cannot count a total of three when they were together. And yet they are happy...
Director:
Nikolai Gubenko
Writers:
Vasiliy Solovyov, Nikolai Gubenko.
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Zhanna Bolotova as Tatyana Rodionova |
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Nikolai Gubenko as Andrei Rodionov |
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Pauls Butkevics as Arthur Clarke |
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Victor Soțchi-Voinicescu as Murti |
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Viktor Filippov as Gusarov |
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Vasiliy Shukshin as Fedotov |
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Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina as Fedotova |
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Nikolai Kryukov as member of the Soviet delegation on the helicopter tests |
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Vasyl Symchych as Sergei Aleksandrovich |
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Arnis Līcītis as member of the American helicopter crew |
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Uldis Lieldidzs as |
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Bob Chuprov-Tsymba as |
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Mircea Soțchi-Voinicescu as Poddar |
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Vilnis Bekeris as |
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Mikhail Selyutin as operator |
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Valentin Zubkov as Vasiliy Petrovich |
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Ivan Sharin as old hunter |
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Svetlana Konovalova as Sergei Aleksandrovich's wife |
| Directing | Nikolai Gubenko | Director |
| Writing | Vasiliy Solovyov | Screenplay |
| Writing | Nikolai Gubenko | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yuri Yemelyanov | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Vladimir Aronin | Production Design |
| Art | Soviet Agoyan | Production Design |
| Sound | Georgiy Firtich | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Polina Skachkova | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irina Belyakova | Costume Design |
| Camera | Elizbar Karavayev | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Vitali Shmelkin | Sound Director |
| Sound | Mark Ermler | Conductor |
| Sound | Minna Blank | Music Editor |
| Directing | Vyacheslav Vrachyov | Assistant Director |
| Directing | V. Ivanov | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Grigoriy Belenkiy | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Vladimir Klimov | Camera Operator |
| Writing | Irina Sergievskaya | Script Editor |
| Visual Effects | Edgar Shtyrtskober | VFX Director of Photography |
| Directing | B. Volskiy | Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Yu. Romanov | Pyrotechnic Supervisor |
| Directing | G. Voronina | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Arnold Ides | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | V. Sinitsyn | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | V. Kostylkov | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Boris Krishtul | Executive Producer |