An Easy Life
Легкая жизнь
Synopsis
A chemist by training, Alexandr Bochkin manages a Moscow dry-cleaning operation, but lives a very comfortable life, taking orders on the side for his speculative "private enterprise," run in conjunction with "Queen Margot". But when his old friend from the chemical institute, Yuri Lebedev arrives in Moscow from the Siberian city of Dalnegorsk, along with a traveling companion, Olga, Bochkin becomes uncomfortable with his job title.
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Yuriy Yakovlev
Alexander Petrovich Bochkin
Faina Ranevskaya
Margarita Ivanovna, AKA Queen Margot
Nadezhda Rumyantseva
Galya
Ninel Myshkova
Olga
Vsevolod Safonov
Yuri Lebedev
Vera Maretskaya
Vasilisa Sergeevna
Rostislav Plyatt
Vladimir Gavrilovich Muromtsev
Lyudmila Gnilova
Gulina
Georgi Tusuzov
Ivan Sergeyevich
Maya Bulgakova
Klavdiya Lepanova
Customer
Galina Vodyanitskaya
Teacher
Lyusyena Ovchinnikova
Masha
Viktor Markin
Masha's Husband
Nina Ivanova
Tanya
Stanislav Khitrov
Graduate
Svetlana Balashova
Dry Cleaner
Наталья Голубенцева
Dry Cleaner
Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Venyamin Dorman
- Screenplay & Story
- Vladlen Bakhnov
- Original Score
- Nikita Bogoslovskiy
- Original Title
- Легкая жизнь
- Country of Origin
- Soviet Union
- Spoken Languages
- Russian
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Production Studios
- Gorky Film Studios
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Venyamin Dorman
Vladlen Bakhnov, Aleksandr Galich, Yakov Kostyukovskiy, Vera Biryukova
Nikita Bogoslovskiy
Konstantin Arutyunov
Berta Pogrebinskaya
Vladimir Maron
Department Leadership Roster
Venyamin Dorman
Director
Vladlen Bakhnov
Screenplay
Yekaterina Aleksandrova
Costume Design
Berta Pogrebinskaya
Editor
Konstantin Arutyunov
Director of Photography
Mark Gorelik
Production Design
Nikita Bogoslovskiy
Original Music Composer
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Frequently Asked Questions About An Easy Life
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What is An Easy Life about?
A chemist by training, Alexandr Bochkin manages a Moscow dry-cleaning operation, but lives a very comfortable life, taking orders on the side for his speculative "private enterprise," run in conjunction with "Queen Margot". But when his old friend from the chemical institute, Yuri Lebedev arrives in Moscow from the Siberian city of Dalnegorsk, along with a traveling companion, Olga, Bochkin becomes uncomfortable with his job title.
Who directed An Easy Life?
An Easy Life was directed by Venyamin Dorman.
Who stars in An Easy Life?
The principal cast of An Easy Life includes Yuriy Yakovlev, Faina Ranevskaya, Nadezhda Rumyantseva, Ninel Myshkova, Vsevolod Safonov.
When was An Easy Life released and how long is it?
An Easy Life was released in 1964 with a total runtime of 1h 35m.
Who composed the musical score for An Easy Life?
The original motion picture soundtrack for An Easy Life was composed by Nikita Bogoslovskiy.