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Streak of Luck
19835.51h 27m
Overview
The fifth film in a Mosfilm "youth" anthology series comprising three short stories. The first story, 'Vizit' (The Visit), directed by filmmaker turned politician Yevgeni Gerasimov, tells the story of a rural boy visiting his former village girlfriend, now living in Moscow. Next comes a short film by Aleksandr Majorov called 'Zolotye rybki' (Goldfishes), which is based on a story of a magical goldfish brought from a provincial pet store by the late Russian historian and science-fiction and fantasy writer Kir Bulychyov. The final segment and the title of the film, 'Polosa vezeniya' (Streak of Luck), tells the story of a member of staff at a research institute who is offered the job of department head but has second thoughts when he discovers the previous boss was unfairly dismissed.
Directed by Yevgeni Gerasimov
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Oleg Stefan
Natalya Vavilova
Svetlana Nemolyaeva
Galina Polskikh
Vyacheslav Nevinnyy
Tatyana Bozhok
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Sergei Balabanov
Mikhail Kononov
Vitali Solomin
Nina Ter-Osipyan
Themes & Keywords
anthology
About Streak of Luck
Streak of Luck is a fantasy, science fiction, comedy, drama film released in 1983 exploring themes of anthology. Directed by Yevgeni Gerasimov, it stars Oleg Stefan, Natalya Vavilova, Svetlana Nemolyaeva. The fifth film in a Mosfilm "youth" anthology series comprising three short stories. The first story, 'Vizit' (The Visit), directed by filmmaker turned politician Yevgeni Gerasimov, tells the story of a rural boy visiting his former village girlfriend, now living in Moscow. Next comes a short film by Aleksandr Majorov called 'Zolotye rybki' (Goldfishes), which is based on a story of a magical goldfish brought from a provincial pet store by the late Russian historian and science-fiction and fantasy writer Kir Bulychyov. The final segment and the title of the film, 'Polosa vezeniya' (Streak of Luck), tells the story of a member of staff at a research institute who is offered the job of department head but has second thoughts when he discovers the previous boss was unfairly dismissed.
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