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If You Want To Be Happy

1974·68 min

If You Want To Be Happy

Directed by Nikolai Gubenko

Drama

Andrei and Tanya love each other, which is why frequent partings are so difficult for them: Andrei is a test pilot, and Tanya works on television, and both are constantly on business trips. They have two sons — twins. For eight years of marriage, they cannot count a total of three when they were together. And yet they are happy...

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Zhanna Bolotova

Tatyana Rodionova

Nikolai Gubenko

Andrei Rodionov

Pauls Butkevics

Arthur Clarke

Victor Soțchi-Voinicescu

Murti

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Nikolai Gubenko

Screenplay

Vasiliy Solovyov

Screenplay

Elizbar Karavayev

Director of Photography

Georgiy Firtich

Original Music Composer

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If You Want To Be Happy (1974) is about andrei and Tanya love each other, which is why frequent partings are so difficult for them: Andrei is a test pilot, and Tanya works on television, and both are constantly on business trips. They have two sons — twins. For eight years of marriage, they cannot count a total of three when they were together. And yet they are happy...

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Nikolai Gubenko directed If You Want To Be Happy (1974).

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