The Captivating Star of Happiness (1975)
In December 1825, distinguished members of the Russian military, most of whom were quite affluent and of noble lineage, took it upon themselves to stir revolution against the autocratic and tyrannical Czar Nikolai I in the wake of his not honoring the drafting of a constitution for the Russian people. The revolution failed miserably and the conspirators (known as the Decembrists) were weeded out by the czar himself. One by one, each of the conspirators confess and are systematically exiled to the harsh winters of Siberia, slated to work and wither in a prison/mine. The wives of the conspirators are faced with the prospect of leaving the bosom of wealth and family (including their own children) to be with their husbands in the brutal Siberian locale. If they agree to this, they face having their illustrious social stations stripped away and certain disdain from everyone around them...
Director: Vladimir Motyl
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Oleg Strizhenov as Князь Волконский |
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Aleksey Batalov as Князь Трубецкой |
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Natalya Bondarchuk as Княгиня Волконская |
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Irina Kupchenko as Княгиня Трубецкая |
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Igor Kostolevskiy as Иван Анненков |
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Oleg Yankovskiy as Кондратий Рылеев |
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Ewa Szykulska as |
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Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov as Павел Пестель |
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Vladislav Strzhelchik as граф Лаваль |
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Yuri Rodionov as Сергей Муравьёв-Апостол |
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Vasiliy Livanov as Император Николай I |
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Tatyana Okunevskaya as графиня Лаваль |
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Igor Dmitriev as Людвиг Лебцельтерн, граф, австрийский посланник в Петербурге |
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Mikhail Kokshenov as Никитка, слуга Анненковой-старшей |
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Oleg Dal as начальник караула в Петропавловской крепости |
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Mikhail Boyarskiy as декабрист Вольф |
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Arkadi Trusov as Фёдор, камердинер Анненкова |
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Boryslav Brondukov as солдат с известием об аресте |
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Vladimir Markov as Яблоновский (нет в титрах) |
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Ekaterina Kharkevich as гостья |
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Marina Yurasova as дама на венчании (нет в титрах) |
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Yuriy Solovyov as слуга в доме Раевских |
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Yury Shepelev as |
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Eleonora Aleksandrova as |
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Natalya Golovko as жена декабриста |
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Vadim Nikitin as И.И. Пущин |
| Writing | Mark Zakharov | Writer |
| Writing | Oleg Osetinsky | Writer |
| Directing | Vladimir Motyl | Director |
| Writing | Vladimir Motyl | Writer |
| Camera | Dmitri Meskhiyev | Director of Photography |
| Art | Elizaveta Urlina | Decorator |
| Art | A. Ksenofontova | Decorator |
| Writing | Bulat Okudzhava | Lyricist |
| Camera | Anatoly Taborov | Camera Operator |
| Art | Valery Kostrin | Production Design |
| Visual Effects | G. Kokorev | Visual Effects Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Natalya Vasilyeva | Costume Design |
| Writing | Irina Tarsanova | Script Editor |
| Editing | Ye. Sadovskaya | Editor |
| Sound | Yuri Temirkanov | Conductor |
| Visual Effects | Mariya Kandat | Visual Effects Camera |
| Production | Natan Pechatnikov | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Isaac Schwarts | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Mikhail Lazarev | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Vladimir Kachan | Songs |
| Sound | E. Mukhanova | Songs |
| Directing | V. Apananskiy | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | G. Chernyaev | Second Unit Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | L. Kompaneyets | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Valentin Savelyev | Key Makeup Artist |
| Lighting | I. Yemelyanova | Lighting Technician |
| Directing | Natalya Chalikova | Assistant Director |
| Directing | M. Shurov | Assistant Director |
| Directing | G. Ivanova | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Mikhail Nikitin | Assistant Director |
| Directing | B. Bogunova | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Yu. Riverov | Assistant Director |
| Directing | T. Kulkova | Assistant Director |
| Camera | A. Romanov | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Yu. Pleshkin | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Valeria Volynskaya | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | I. Evseeva | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Editing | T. Matrosova | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | L. Antonova | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | G. Boeva | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nikolai Pilyavskiy | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | L. Lebedeva | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Leonid Shumyacher | Sound Assistant |
| Camera | G. Malyshkov | BTS Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yuliya Kolotko | Assistant Costume Designer |
