Song of Happiness
A coming-of-age story about a flute-playing boy (Yyvan Kyrla) from the Mari people, a national minority who lived near the Volga, and how he is educated by the Soviet state.
Top Billed Cast
Mikhail Viktorov
Кавырля Сырлаев/ Миша Эшпай
Vladimir Gardin
Карл Францевич Виатачек
Yanina Zheymo
Анук
Boris Tenin
Горох / Цыбуля
Boris Chirkov
Head of the political education department
Featured Crew
Vladimir Legoshin
Director
Mark Donskoy
Director
Georgiy Kholmskiy
Scenario Writer
Nikolai Ushakov
Camera Operator
Grigory Lobachev
Music
Semyon Meynkin
Production Design