The Captivating Star of Happiness ( Zvezda plenitelnogo schastya )

The Captivating Star of Happiness (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Zvezda plenitelnogo schastya
Language Selections:
Arabic ( Subtitles )
Chinese ( Subtitles )
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Subtitles )
Hebrew ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Subtitles )
Russian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Russian ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
167 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Film Credits
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1975 and produced in:
Soviet Union ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Vladimir Motyl

Written By:
Vladimir Motyl
Oleg Osetinsky

Actors:
Irina Kupchenko ..... Trubetskaya
Aleksey Batalov ..... Trubetskoy
Natalya Bondarchuk ..... Volkonskaya
Oleg Strizhenov ..... Volkonsky
Ewa Szykulska ..... Gebl-Annenkova
Igor Kostolevsky ..... Ivan Annenkov
Raisa Kurkina ..... Rayevskaya
Tatyana Pankova ..... Annenkova
Oleg Yankovsky ..... Ryleyev
Tatyana Fyodorova ..... Ryleyeva
Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov ..... Pestel
Viktor Kostetsky ..... Kahovsky
Vasili Livanov ..... Nikolai I
Innokenti Smoktunovsky ..... Tsejdler
Vladislav Strzhelchik ..... Laval

Synopsis:

In December 1825, distinguished members of the Russian military, most of whom were quite affluent and of noble lineage, took it upon themselves to stir revolution against the autocratic and tyrannical Czar Nikolai I in the wake of his not honoring (or even acknowledging) the drafting of a constitution for the Russian people. The revolution failed miserably and the conspirators (known as the Decembrists) were weeded out by the czar himself. One by one, each of the conspirators confess and are systematically exiled to the harsh winters of Siberia, slated to work and wither in a prison/mine. The wives of the conspirators are faced with the prospect of leaving the bosom of wealth and family (including their own children) to be with their husbands in the brutal Siberian locale. If they agree to this, they face having their illustrious social stations stripped away and certain disdain from everyone around them. Among these remarkable women is a princess exiled from France who falls in love with a man soon to be exiled. The film is the story of their unfathomable sacrifice and their dogged desire to be reunited with the men they love, despite the conditions and the circumstances.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 07 February, 2008.