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Truth is Good, But Happiness is Better

1972Boris Babochkin,Olga Koznova

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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 and owes the master two hundred rubles. Platon faces imprisonment for debt. With the help of Poliksena’s nurse, who decides to aid the lovers, a new watchman appears in the house—former non-commissioned officer Sila Yerofeyevich Groznov, who was once Mavra Tarasovna's lover.

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What is Truth is Good, But Happiness is Better (1972) about?

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 and owes the master two hundred rubles. Platon faces imprisonment for debt. With the help of Poliksena’s nurse, who decides to aid the lovers, a new watchman…

Who stars in Truth is Good, But Happiness is Better?

Truth is Good, But Happiness is Better stars Nikolai Ryzhov, Yelena Shatrova, Liliya Yudina, Sofya Fadeyeva, Vladimir Kolosov. The film was directed by Boris Babochkin.

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