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First Trials

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First Trials

5.0

2h 54m

1960

Synopsis

The young teacher Lobanovich, who has just graduated from the seminary, comes to the remote Polessky village of Telshino to teach the peasant children to read and write. In the heads of seminarians persistently hammered into the idea that the Tsar-father endlessly cares about the common people, and the people respond to him sincere filial gratitude. Arriving in the village, the teacher saw a different picture. The Poleshuk people are beaten down, driven, living in mud, darkness, tightly entangled in a network of prejudices and superstitions....

Director

Vladimir Korsh

Drama

Cast & Crew

Eduard Izotov

Eduard Izotov

Natalya Kustinskaya

Natalya Kustinskaya

Yuri Dedovich

Yuri Dedovich

Boris Vladomirsky

Boris Vladomirsky

Nikolay Eryomenko

Nikolay Eryomenko

Viktor Tarasov

Viktor Tarasov

Mikhail Nazvanov

Mikhail Nazvanov

Gleb Glebov

Gleb Glebov

Vladimir Balashov

Vladimir Balashov

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