Truth is Good, But Happiness is Better (1952)
The imperious old woman Mavra Tarasovna, the mother of the Moscow merchant Amos Panfilovich Baraboshev, is looking for a general groom for her granddaughter Polyxena.
Director: Sergei Alekseyev
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Nikolai Ryzhov as |
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Evdokia Turchaninova as |
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Valeriya Novak as |
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Varvara Rygova as |
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Alexander Kartcev as |
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Aleksandr Sashin-Nikolsky as |
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Valentina Barinova as |
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Dmitri Pavlov as |
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Fyodor Grigoryev as |
| Camera | Boris Monastyrsky | Director of Photography |
| Art | Konstantin Yuon | Production Design |
| Directing | Sergei Alekseyev | Director |
| Writing | Alexander Ostrovsky | Theatre Play |