A Long Happy Life
Russian: Долгая счастливая жизнь
Directed by	Gennady Shpalikov
Written by	Gennady Shpalikov
Produced by	Vladimir Besprozvanny
Starring	Inna Gulaya Kirill Lavrov Yelizaveta Akulicheva Pavel Luspekayev Oleg Belov
Cinematography	Dmitry Meskhiev
Edited by	Aleksandra Borovskaya
Music by	Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov [1]
Production company	Lenfilm
Release date	1966 (1966)
Running time	76 min.
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

A Long Happy Life ( Russian: Долгая счастливая жизнь, romanized: Dolgaya schastlivaya zhizn) is a 1966 Soviet melodrama film directed by Gennady Shpalikov. ^{[2] [3]}

Included in the 100 best Russian films according to the Russian Guild of Film Critics (No. 92). ^[4]

Plot

The film tells about the geologist Viktor, who on his way home meets a girl named Lena, whom he falls in love with. Victor promises her a long happy life, but in reality everything does not turn out as he thought. He understands that his feelings are not as strong as at the first meeting, and she, in turn, was ready for this. ^[5]

Cast

• Inna Gulaya as Lena
• Kirill Lavrov as Viktor
• Yelizaveta Akulicheva as Barmaid
• Pavel Luspekayev as Pavel
• Oleg Belov as friend of Lena
• Larisa Burkova as Firefighter's Fiancée
• Alexey Gribov as Firs
• Liliya Gurova as Maid in a rest home
• Natalya Zhuravel as bus conductor ^[6]
• Alla Tarasova as Ranevskaya
• Leonid Gubanov as Trofimov

References

External links

• A Long Happy Life at IMDb