Streak of Luck

Overview

The fifth film in a Mosfilm "youth" anthology series comprising three short stories. The first story, 'Vizit' (The Visit), directed by filmmaker turned politician Yevgeni Gerasimov, tells the story of a rural boy visiting his former village girlfriend, now living in Moscow. Next comes a short film by Aleksandr Majorov called 'Zolotye rybki' (Goldfishes), which is based on a story of a magical goldfish brought from a provincial pet store by the late Russian historian and science-fiction and fantasy writer Kir Bulychyov. The final segment and the title of the film, 'Polosa vezeniya' (Streak of Luck), tells the story of a member of staff at a research institute who is offered the job of department head but has second thoughts when he discovers the previous boss was unfairly dismissed.

Cast

Oleg Stefan

Natalya Vavilova

Svetlana Nemolyaeva

Galina Polskikh

Vyacheslav Nevinnyy

Tatyana Bozhok

N/A

Sergei Balabanov

Mikhail Kononov

Vitali Solomin

Nina Ter-Osipyan

Yevgeni Gerasimov

Nikolai Parfyonov