A hapless loser (with the surname of Loser) undergoes misadventures with avaracious clergy, a tired horse, and a walking granary (among other things) on his road to collectivized happiness.
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Cast
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Pyotr Zinovyev
Khmyr
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Yelena Yegorova
Anna Khmyrova
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Katerina Izmailova
First-Year Student
Viktor Kulakov
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Resurrection
The District Secretary
Nikolai Cherkasov
Known for
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Alexander Nevsky
Mikhail Gipsi
Taras Platonovich
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Chapayev
Moonstone
Lyubov Nenasheva
Nun
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Cosmic Journey
The Civil Servant
V. Lavrentyev
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The Ascent
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V. Uspensky
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Aleksandr Medvedkin Director · Gleb Troyanski Cinematographer Aleksei Utkin Production designer
United States release April 7, 1935 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Production Vostokkino, Vostokfilm
Production
Mosfilm
Production
Vostokkino
Production
Vostokfilm
Production
Russia · Russia
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Original title
Счастье
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Russia · March 15, 1935
Theatrical
United States · April 7, 1935
Theatrical
United States
May 24, 1973 · Theatrical · Re-release
Finland
September 8, 1970 · Theatrical
Germany
December 10, 1970 · TV
June 1, 1971 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
February 25, 2020 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
Greece
January 23, 2014 · Theatrical · Re-release
July 17, 2025 · Theatrical · Re-release
Hungary
October 7, 1981 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 14, 1980 · Theatrical
Sweden
January 15, 1975 · TV
October 24, 1976 · Theatrical
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