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'''''The Captivating Star of Happiness''''' ({{lang-ru|Звезда пленительного счастья|Zvezda plenitelnogo schastya|The Star of Fascinating Happiness}}) is a 1975 [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[historical drama]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tvkultura.ru/brand/show/brand_id/24118/|publisher=[[Russia-K]]|title=Звезда пленительного счастья. Х/ф}}</ref> |
'''''The Captivating Star of Happiness''''' ({{lang-ru|Звезда пленительного счастья|Zvezda plenitelnogo schastya|The Star of Fascinating Happiness}}) is a 1975 [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[historical drama]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tvkultura.ru/brand/show/brand_id/24118/|publisher=[[Russia-K]]|title=Звезда пленительного счастья. Х/ф}}</ref> |
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The title is an allusion to a line from a poem by [[Alexander Pushkin]].<ref>{{cite wikisource |wslink=К Чедаеву (Пушкин) |title=К Чедаеву (Пушкин) |wslanguage=ru}}</ref> It is a costume drama dedicated "to the women of Russia". |
The title is an allusion to a line from a poem by [[Alexander Pushkin]].<ref>{{cite wikisource |wslink=К Чедаеву (Пушкин) |title=К Чедаеву (Пушкин) |wslanguage=ru}}</ref> It is a costume drama dedicated "to the women of Russia". |
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Film followed largely the books ''Northern Lights'' by [[Maria Marich]] and ''In the Depths of Siberian Ores'' by [[Arnold Gessen]], sometimes echoing the poem ''Russian Women'' by [[Nikolay Nekrasov]] and the novel ''Fencing Teacher'' by [[Alexandre Dumas père]]. |
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The story is set in the aftermath of [[Decembrist revolt]] against [[Nicholas I of Russia|Tsar Nicholas I]] in 1825. |
The story is set in the aftermath of [[Decembrist revolt]] against [[Nicholas I of Russia|Tsar Nicholas I]] in 1825. |
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*'''Part 1 :''' To Moskva |
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*'''Part 2 :''' To Sibir |
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[[Decembrist revolt]] are sentenced to exile in [[Siberia]] and their wives face the decision as to whether or not to follow them. |
[[Decembrist revolt]] are sentenced to exile in [[Siberia]] and their wives face the decision as to whether or not to follow them. |
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==Cast== |
==Cast== |
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*[[Irina Kupchenko]] as Princess [[Ekaterina Ivanovna Trubetskaya]] |
*[[Irina Kupchenko]] as Princess [[Ekaterina Ivanovna Trubetskaya]] |
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Revision as of 17:42, 26 August 2023
| The Captivating Star of Happiness | |
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| Directed by | Vladimir Motyl |
| Written by | Vladimir Motyl Oleg Osetinsky Mark Zakharov |
| Starring | Igor Kostolevsky Irina Kupchenko Aleksey Batalov Natalya Bondarchuk Oleg Strizhenov |
| Cinematography | Dmitriy Meshiev |
| Edited by | Ye. Sadovskaya |
| Music by | Isaak Schwarz |
Production companies | Lenfilm Creative Association "No.2" |
| Distributed by | Gosteleradio |
Release date | November 11, 1975 |
Running time | 167 minutes |
| Country |  Soviet Union |
| Languages | Russian French German |
The Captivating Star of Happiness (Template:Lang-ru) is a 1975 Soviet historical drama.[1]
History
The title is an allusion to a line from a poem by Alexander Pushkin.[2] It is a costume drama dedicated "to the women of Russia".
Film followed largely the books Northern Lights by Maria Marich and In the Depths of Siberian Ores by Arnold Gessen, sometimes echoing the poem Russian Women by Nikolay Nekrasov and the novel Fencing Teacher by Alexandre Dumas père.
Plot
The story is set in the aftermath of Decembrist revolt against Tsar Nicholas I in 1825.
- Part 1 : To Moskva
The revolt is repressed after 24 hours, and the military officers involved confess one by one.
- Part 2 : To Sibir
Decembrist revolt are sentenced to exile in Siberia and their wives face the decision as to whether or not to follow them.
Cast
- Irina Kupchenko as Princess Ekaterina Ivanovna Trubetskaya
- Aleksey Batalov as Prince Sergei Trubetskoy
- Natalya Bondarchuk as Princess Mariya Volkonskaya
- Oleg Strizhenov as Prince Sergey Volkonsky
- Eva Shikulskaya as Polina Göbl-Annenkova, in marriage Praskovya Yegorovna
- Igor Kostolevsky as Ivan Aleksandrovich Annenkov, Decembrist, cavalergard
- Lev Ivanov as Nikolay Raevsky, a general from the cavalry (not in the credits)
- Raisa Kurkina as Sofya Alekseevna Raevskaya, the wife of NN Raevsky
- Tatyana Pankova as Anna Annenkova, the mother of IA Annenkov
- Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov as Pavel Pestel
- Victor Kostetskiy as Pyotr Kakhovsky
- Yuri Rodionov as Sergey Muravyov-Apostol
- Oleg Yankovsky as Kondraty Ryleyev
- Tatyana Fedorova as Natalia Ryleeva, the wife of KF Ryleev
- Vasily Livanov as Emperor Nicholas I
- Innokenty Smoktunovsky as Ivan Bogdanovich Zeidler, Irkutsk Governor
- Vladislav Strzhelchik as Count Laval
- Dmitry Shilko as Count Mikhail Miloradovich, St. Petersburg Governor-General
- Igor Dmitriev as Count Lebzeltern, Austrian Envoy in St. Petersburg
- Boris Dubensky as Emperor Alexander I
- Victor Terekhov as Vasily Vasilyevich Levashov, Adjutant-General
- Vadim Makarovsky as Vosh
- Arkady Trusov as Fedor, valet Annenkov
- Mikhail Kokshenov as Nikita, servant of Annenkov-senior
- Aleksei Kozhevnikov as Paphnutius, servant of Zeidler
Crew
- Script writers: Vladimir Motyl, Oleg Osetinsky with the participation of Mark Zakharov
- Stage director: Vladimir Motyl
- Chief cinematographer: Dmitry Meskhiev
- Chief artist: Valery Kostrin
- Composer: Isaac Schwartz
- Poems of romances: Bulat Okudzhava
- Singing: E. Mukhanova, Vladimir Kachan
- Costume designer: Natalya Vasilyeva
Production
After making the 1970 hit film White Sun of the Desert, Motyl received no directorial projects for five years.
When Motyl got the green light from Goskino to make a film about the Decembrists, he still had problems and had to do many rewrites because the authorities believed that the picture had too many parallels to the Soviet regime and allusions about Soviet dissidents.
Nevertheless, the screenplay was rejected. Then Motyl went to Leningrad, to the regional party committee. He handed the script to the secretary on ideology; the woman did not have time to read it and instead gave the text to her daughter who ended up adoring it. The mother called Filipp Ermash, Moscow's Minister of Cinematography and declared that "The Leningrad Regional Committee is interested in the film about the Decembrists!" Thus the script got to Lenfilm, but the budget was cut to 1.5 million rubles from the initial 3.5 million.[3][4]
The locations of the film included the Peterhof Palace and the Winter Palace.[5]
See also
- D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers (TV series 1978)
- La Dame de Monsoreau (TV series 1994)
- The Mysteries of Sankt-Peterburg (TV series 1995-8)
- Unravelling the Mysteries of Sankt-Peterburg (TV series 1998-9)
References
- ^ "Звезда пленительного счастья. Х/ф". Russia-K.
- ^ (in Russian) – via Wikisource.
- ^ ""Звезда пленительного счастья", или как судьбу легендарного фильма решили д". Argumenty i Fakty. 21 December 2010.
- ^ "Звезда пленительного счастья". VokrugTV.
- ^ ""Звезда пленительного счастья". Сорок лет на экране". Культура.рф. culture.ru.