If You Want To Be Happy
1974, Russian. Directed by Nikolai Gubenko.
Andrei and Tanya love each other, which is why frequent partings are so difficult for them: Andrei is a test pilot, and Tanya works on television, and both are constantly on business trips. They have two sons — twins. For eight years of marriage, they cannot count a total of three when they were together. And yet they are happy...
- Runtime
- 1h 8m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Nikolai GubenkoDirector
- Zhanna BolotovaTatyana Rodionova
- Nikolai GubenkoAndrei Rodionov
- Pauls ButkevicsArthur Clarke
- Victor Soțchi-VoinicescuMurti
- Viktor FilippovGusarov
- Vasiliy ShukshinFedotov
- Lidiya Fedoseyeva-ShukshinaFedotova
- Nikolai Kryukovmember of the Soviet delegation on the helicopter tests
- Vasyl SymchychSergei Aleksandrovich
- Arnis Līcītismember of the American helicopter crew
- Uldis LieldidzsCast
- Bob Chuprov-TsymbaCast
Details
- Released
- 4 November 1974
- Original title
- Если хочешь быть счастливым
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Vasiliy Solovyov, Nikolai Gubenko
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If You Want To Be Happy runs 68 minutes (1h 8m).
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If You Want To Be Happy isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 4 November 1974. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
What movies are like If You Want To Be Happy?
If you liked If You Want To Be Happy, try The Pumpkin Eater, Hands of Stone, The River.
Who directed If You Want To Be Happy?
If You Want To Be Happy (1974) was directed by Nikolai Gubenko and stars Zhanna Bolotova, Nikolai Gubenko, Pauls Butkevics.