Streak of Luck (movie)
Полоса везения- User score: 5.5
- Production country: Soviet Union
- Producer: Yevgeni Gerasimov , Aleksandr Majorov , Semyon Morozov
- Production companies: Studio "Debut", Mosfilm
- Genre: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Comedy, Drama
- Release date: 1/1/1983
- Run time: 87 min.
Movie description
Polosa vezeniya (literally) 'Streak of Luck' is the fifth film in a Mosfilm "youth" anthology series and comprises three short stories. The first story, 'Vizit' (The Visit) directed by film maker turned politician Yevgeni Gerasimov tells the story of a rural boy visiting his former village girlfriend, now living in Moscow. Next comes a short film by Aleksandr Majorov called 'Zolotye rybki' (Goldfishes) which is based on a story of a magical goldfish brought from a provincial pet store by the late Russian historian and science-fiction and fantasy writer Kir Bulychyov. The final segment and the title of the film, 'Polosa vezeniya' (Streak of Luck) tells the story of a member of staff at a research institute who is offered the job of the department head, but has second thoughts when he discovers the previous boss was unfairly dismissed.