Happiness

Synopsis: The film that Medvedkin himself considered his greatest achievement, HAPPINESS is a cinematic folktale in which a poor, idle peasant is sent out by his wife to find happiness. Unfortunately his quest his hampered by priests, officials and other freeloaders along the way. Using a form of ‘hyperbolized folklore’ and exuding a spirit of continual cinematic invention, this is a rare treat of Russian silent cinema.

The film is presented as a 2-disc ‘hyperkino edition’ which features the standard film, with subtitles, on one disc, with the second disc featuring numerous scene-specific annotations, clips and documents (in Russian and in English) that can be viewed on screen and which contextualise the film and enhance the viewer’s understanding. One of a series of Russian classics produced by Ruscico and distributed exclusively in the UK by Moviemail.
Series: Classic Russian Cinema Series
Country: Russian Federation
Year of production: 1934
Notes: Silent with English subtitles
Subjects: Film studies; Russian studies
Keywords: cinema - Russia; silent films

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