Truth is Good, But Happiness is Better
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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.
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Nikolai Ryzhov
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Evdokia Turchaninova
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Sergei Alekseyev Director · Alexander Ostrovsky Author Boris Monastyrsky Cinematographer
First release January 14, 1952 · Produced in Russia · Original title Правда – хорошо, а счастье лучше
Production
Gorky Film Studios
Production
Russia
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Original title
Правда – хорошо, а счастье лучше
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · January 14, 1952
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
April 25, 1952 · TV
XC
September 22, 1953 · Theatrical
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