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Truth is Good, But Happiness is Better

1972MovieDramaTV Movie

The domineering old woman Mavra Tarasovna, the mother of the Moscow merchant Amos Panfilovich Baraboshev, is looking for a general to marry her granddaughter Poliksena. However, the girl loves Platon Zybkin, a clerk who is honest but poor…

DirectorsBoris Babochkin·Olga Koznova
WriterAlexander Ostrovsky

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Cast · Directed by Boris Babochkin

NRNikolai Ryzhov
Nikolai Ryzhov
YSYelena Shatrova
Yelena Shatrova
LYLiliya Yudina
Liliya Yudina
SFSofya Fadeyeva
Sofya Fadeyeva
VKVladimir Kolosov
Vladimir Kolosov
PKPyotr Konstantinov
Pyotr Konstantinov
VOVarvara Obukhova
Varvara Obukhova
VBValeri Babyatinsky
Valeri Babyatinsky
BBBoris Babochkin
Boris Babochkin

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