

How to Become Happy
1986, Russian. Directed by Yuri Chulyukin.
Once on New Year's Eve, Gosha met a strange old man who called himself an inventor. He kept his last invention in a suitcase and willingly determined with the help of this device the area and degree of giftedness of each person. He predicted the career of a clown to Gosha, but Gosha did not believe it and, contrary to the recommendations, became a journalist.
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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- Released
- 1 January 1986
- Original title
- Как стать счастливым
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Georgi Kushnirenko, Yuri Chulyukin
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How to Become Happy runs 89 minutes (1h 29m).
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How to Become Happy isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1986. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
What movies are like How to Become Happy?
If you liked How to Become Happy, try Relax, I'm from the Future, Real Men, Dark Star.
Who directed How to Become Happy?
How to Become Happy (1986) was directed by Yuri Chulyukin and stars Nikolai Karachentsov, Lev Durov, Marina Dyuzheva.