Happiness

1934 · 63 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 1,229 VOTES · DIR. Aleksandr Medvedkin

Overview

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.

Comedy1930s

Dialogue Timeline — 92 lines

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00:00:16 A FILM BY ALEXANDER MEDVEDKIN
00:00:40 his wealthy neighbour Foka.
00:01:42 Sixty years I've slaved and I've never tasted vareniki.
00:03:34 Planks for coffin, 2 roubles 15.
00:04:41 and don't come back empty-handed.
00:06:12 We'll light a candle to Saint Epiphany.
00:07:10 A merchant was returning from the market...
00:12:22 But the horse had a voracious appetite
00:13:31 My master!
00:20:11 Atheist!
00:23:16 For the hay, labour, seed
00:25:09 For ten years I've been a thief in Voroneje.
00:25:30 Respected guests, is it my fault?
00:27:17 I'm going to die!
00:28:38 If the moujik dies, who will feed Russia?
00:30:52 Whip him till he bleeds but keep him alive!
00:32:36 All of which made him lose all faith in happiness.
00:33:52 Find Khmyr, comrades!
00:38:11 I'll report you, you lazybones!
00:39:02 Outside, I'm my own boss, my own master...
00:41:27 But on this land there were still rogues.
00:52:51 Why are you crying, Khmyr?
00:53:10 Come, my dear Khmyr.

Cast & Characters

Pyotr Zinovyev Khmyr - an ill-fated mujik Yelena Yegorova Anna Khmyrova - the mujik's wife Mikhail Gipsi Taras Platonovich Viktor Kulakov V. Lavrentyev G. Mirgorian Lyubov Nenasheva Nun V. Uspensky Nikolay Cherkasov Undetermined Role

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed92
Dialogue density1.5 lines / min
First line00:00:16
Final line00:53:10

Production Record

DirectorAleksandr Medvedkin
LanguageRussian
IMDb votes1,229