| Happy Go Lucky | |
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| Directed by | Vasily Shukshin | 
| Written by | Vasily Shukshin | 
| Produced by | Yakov Zvonkov | 
| Starring | Vasily Shukshin Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina Vsevolod Sanayev Georgi Burkov Zinovy Gerdt  | 
| Cinematography | Anatoly Zabolotsky | 
| Music by | Pavel Chekalov | 
Release date  | 
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Running time  | 90 min | 
| Country | Soviet Union | 
| Language | Russian | 
Happy Go Lucky (Russian: Печки-лавочки, romanized: Pechki-lavochki, literally Stoves and benches — ironic regional saying that may mean Various subjects for casual conversations or/and Distracting lies depending on the certain context) is a 1972 Soviet comedy film directed by Vasily Shukshin.[1]
Plot
Story about a travel of married couple from a far-off village in the Altai Mountains to the southern sea. For the first time in life spouses go to the holiday according to the trade-union committee permit moreover in a separate coupe. Road adventures and a rhythm of new life carry them away, but among beauty of the southern nature they can't forget about native places and close people who wait for their return.[2]
Cast
- Vasily Shukshin as Ivan Rastorguyev
 - Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina as Nyura Rastorgueva
 - Vsevolod Sanayev as Professor
 - Georgi Burkov as Viktor, fake сonstructor, thief
 - Zinovy Gerdt as 2nd professor
 - Ivan Ryzhov as Train steward
 - Stanislav Lyubshin as Ivan Stepanov
 - Vadim Zakharchenko as Business traveller
 
Facts
- A significant part of the shooting took place in the village of Shulgin Log on the bank of the Katun River. All the shooting took four months.[3]
 - The role of Ivan Sergeevich Rastorguev was proposed to Leonid Kuravlyov, but he refused it.[4]
 
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