Truth is Good, But Happiness is Better

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Truth is Good, But Happiness is Better (1972)

Directed by Boris Babochkin, Olga Koznova

Drama, TV Movie

The domineering old woman Mavra Tarasovna, the mother of the Moscow merchant Amos Panfilovich Baraboshev, is looking for a general to marry her granddaughter Poliksena. However, the girl loves Platon Zybkin, a clerk who is honest but poor and owes the master two hundred rubles. Platon faces imprisonment for debt. With the help of Poliksena’s nurse, who decides to aid the lovers, a new watchman appears in the house—former non-commissioned officer Sila Yerofeyevich Groznov, who was once Mavra Tarasovna's lover.

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Cast

Nikolai Ryzhov Yelena Shatrova Liliya Yudina Sofya Fadeyeva Vladimir Kolosov Pyotr Konstantinov Varvara Obukhova Valeri Babyatinsky Boris Babochkin

Crew

Director
Boris Babochkin, Olga Koznova
Director of Photography
Anatoly Petritsky

Details

Original title
Правда - хорошо, а счастье - лучше
Release date
1972-04-06
Genres
Drama, TV Movie
Original language
RU
Countries
Soviet Union
Production
Central Television USSR