The Captivating Star of Happiness
The Captivating Star of Happiness is a 1975 Soviet historical drama. The title is an allusion to a line from a poem by Alexander Pushkin. It is a costume drama dedicated "to the women of Russia".
Plot
The story is set in the aftermath of the Decembrist revolt against Tsar Nicholas I in 1825. The revolt is repressed, and the military officers involved confess one by one. They are sentenced to exile in Siberia and their wives face the decision as to whether or not to follow them.
More details
| author | Oleg Osetinsky Vladimir Motyl |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Saint Petersburg |
| director | Vladimir Motyl |
| editor | Ye. Sadovskaya |
| genre | drama historical |
| keywords | decembrist revolt military officer nicholas i of russia one by one siberia tsar nicholas i |
| musicBy | Isaac Schwartz |
| productionCompany | Lenfilm |