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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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Truth is Good, But Happiness is Better
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Who directed Truth is Good, But Happiness is Better?
Truth is Good, But Happiness is Better was directed by Boris Babochkin and released in 1972.
What genre is Truth is Good, But Happiness is Better?
Truth is Good, But Happiness is Better is a Drama, TV Movie film (1972).
Who stars in Truth is Good, But Happiness is Better?
The cast of Truth is Good, But Happiness is Better includes Nikolai Ryzhov, Yelena Shatrova, Liliya Yudina, Sofya Fadeyeva, Vladimir Kolosov.
