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First Trials (1960) | Slate

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Rated 6.0 on TMDB

First Trials

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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....

Released: 1960
Runtime: 2h 54m
Genres: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Language: Russian

Direction and writing

Valentin VinogradovFirst Assistant Director

Mikhail BerezkoScript Editor

Cast

Eduard Izotov
Natalya Kustinskaya
Yuri Dedovich

Vladimir KorshDirector

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Boris Vladomirsky

Nikolay Eryomenko

Mikhail Nazvanov

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