The Captivating Star of Happiness
1975 · 167 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 735 VOTES · DIR. Vladimir Motyl
Overview
In December 1825, distinguished members of the Russian military, most of whom were quite affluent and of noble lineage, took it upon themselves to stir revolution against the autocratic and tyrannical Czar Nikolai I in the wake of his not honoring the drafting of a constitution for the Russian people. The revolution failed miserably and the conspirators (known as the Decembrists) were weeded out by the czar himself. One by one, each of the conspirators confess and are systematically exiled to the harsh winters of Siberia, slated to work and wither in a prison/mine. The wives of the conspirators are faced with the prospect of leaving the bosom of wealth and family (including their own children) to be with their husbands in the brutal Siberian locale. If they agree to this, they face having their illustrious social stations stripped away and certain disdain from everyone around them...
Dialogue Timeline — 57 lines
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02:25:39 No, no, let's go there.
02:27:01 Using you in the works is a leniency to your sin.
02:27:13 Did you come here to take treatments?
02:28:04 Now we'll eat, we'll eat...
02:28:44 Now, have patience, mistress.
02:29:35 No one is to go in here.
02:29:58 Run fast!
02:31:41 I'm so sorry!
02:32:18 and firm conviction?
02:32:28 Come what may!
02:33:16 Where are you taking him, the poor man?
02:33:34 Stand back!
02:33:41 You pledged yourself to speak only Russian!
02:33:54 Don't dare touch her!
02:34:09 Onward, the Fatherland's sons!
02:34:17 I told you, shut up!
02:34:28 Stop it!
02:34:51 I wanted to say, General
02:35:34 Go!