Happy Birthday! (1998)
Blending dramatic situations with a documentary-influenced visual style, Happy Birthday looks in at a typical day in a Russian maternity hospital. The patients range from a middle aged woman pleased if surprised by her current pregnancy to a Muslim woman whose marriage to a Russian has blighted her relationship with her family. No matter what their situations, the women draw strength and support from each other as they share their common experience.
Director:
Larisa Sadilova
Writer:
Larisa Sadilova
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Gulnara Mkhitaryan as Lyuba |
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Irina Proshina as |
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Evgeniya Turkina as |
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Mariya Kuzmina as |
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Rano Kubaeva as Zulfiya |
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Lyubov Starkova as |
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Oksana Pototskaya as |
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Raisa Sazonova as |
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Lyudmila Kuznetsova as |
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Oleg Ukhov as |
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Oleg Vasilkov as |
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Murad Ibragimbekov as |
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Natalya Pyankova as |
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Gennadi Sidorov as |
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Ravshana Kurkova as |
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Svetlana Shershneva as |
| Camera | Pavel Trubnikov | Additional Director of Photography |
| Sound | Nikolai Mosin | Sound Director |
| Camera | Anatoly Petriga | Additional Director of Photography |
| Editing | Natalya Sazhina | Editor |
| Camera | Nikolai Puchkov | Additional Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irina Tolmachyova | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Elena Danshina | Editor |
| Camera | Maksim Mosin | Additional Director of Photography |
| Camera | Andrey Kapranov | Additional Director of Photography |
| Directing | Larisa Sadilova | Director |
| Sound | Sergei Rachmaninoff | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Gennadi Sidorov | Producer |
| Sound | Georgy Sviridov | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Larisa Sadilova | Screenplay |
| Camera | Irina Uralskaya | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Aleksandr Kazarenskov | Director of Photography |
| Art | Eduard Galkin | Production Design |