Zigzag of Success

Zigzag of Success

1968
1h 28m
6.3

6.3/10

38 votes • View on IMDb
Comedy
Overview

Photo studio "Contemporary" in a provincial town lives with its everyday problems. The director is concerned over the failure to fulfill the planned targets, receptionist Alevtina wants to get married, and photographer Vladimir Oreshnikov dreams of becoming a professional photographer. But suddenly luck smiles on Oreshnikov. He takes 20 rubles form the worker's mutual aid fund, buys a government lottery bond and wins 10,000 rubles. Oreshnikov wants to receive the win himself, but his colleagues object to him, because the money that he spent on the bond were public, hence the win should be divided equally among all workers. It creates a controversial situation, which is successfully resolved on the very eve of the New Year, under the chiming clock...

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Production Information

Production Companies
Mosfilm
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Spoken Languages
Russian

Keywords

photography soviet union lottery black and white new year

Quick Facts

Original Title Зигзаг удачи
Release Date December 30, 1968
Status Released
Language RU
IMDb ID tt0063840

Cast

Evgeni Leonov
Evgeni Leonov

Vladimir Oreshnikov

Irina Skobtseva
Irina Skobtseva

Lidiya Sergeyevna

Valentina Talyzina
Valentina Talyzina

Alevtina Vasiliyevna

Evgeniy Evstigneev
Evgeniy Evstigneev

Ivan Kalachyov

Aleksei Gribov
Aleksei Gribov

Polotentsev

Gotlib Roninson
Gotlib Roninson

Lidiya's Husband

Georgi Burkov
Georgi Burkov

Petya

Valentina Telichkina
Valentina Telichkina

Olya

Svetlana Starikova
Svetlana Starikova

Ira

Boris Suslov
Boris Suslov

Yura

Nina Sazonova
Nina Sazonova

Mariya Petrovna

Viktor Shulgin
Viktor Shulgin

Vasili Aleksandrovich

Key Crew

Eldar Ryazanov
Director
Emil Braginskiy
Writer
Eldar Ryazanov
Writer