Zigzag of Success
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Duration Country Soviet Union | Director Eldar Ryazanov Language Russian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writer Eldar Ryazanov , Emil Braginsky Release date 30 December 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zigzag of Success (Russian: Зигзаг удачи, translit. Zigzag udachi) is a 1968 Soviet comedy film directed by Eldar Ryazanov.
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Plot
Photo studio "Contemporary" in a provincial town lives with its everyday problems. The director is concerned over the failure to fulfill the planned targets, receptionist Alevtina wants to get married, and photographer Vladimir Oreshnikov dreams of becoming a professional photographer.
But suddenly luck smiles on Oreshnikov. He takes 20 rubles form the worker's mutual aid fund, buys a government lottery bond and wins 10,000 rubles. Oreshnikov wants to receive the win himself, but his colleagues object to him, because the money that he spent on the bond were public, hence the win should be divided equally among all workers. It creates a controversial situation, which is successfully resolved on the very eve of the New Year, under the chiming clock ...