First Trials (1960)
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
Writer:
Arkadiy Kuleshov
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Eduard Izotov as |
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Natalya Kustinskaya as |
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Yuri Dedovich as |
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Boris Vladomirsky as |
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Nikolay Eryomenko as |
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Viktor Tarasov as |
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Mikhail Nazvanov as |
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Gleb Glebov as |
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Vladimir Balashov as |
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Tatyana Barysheva as |
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Fyodor Shmakov as |
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Boris Kudryavtsev as |
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Stefaniya Stanyuta as |
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Sergei Karnovich-Valua as |
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Aleksandr Kistov as Priest Vladimir |
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Ivan Shatillo as Gleb |
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Konstantin Adashevsky as Governor |
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Anna Zarzhitskaya as |
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Aleksandr Ilyinsky as Yesyp |
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Evgeniy Karnaukhov as Police officer |
| Directing | Vladimir Korsh | Director |
| Writing | Arkadiy Kuleshov | Screenplay |
| Writing | Yakub Kolas | Novel |
| Writing | Maksim Luzhanin | Writer |
| Camera | Andrey Bulinskiy | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Nadezhda Brilliantshikova | Assistant Director |
| Art | Vladimir Belousov | Production Design |
| Art | Yuriy Bulychyov | Production Design |
| Sound | Evgeniy Glebov | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Konstantin Bakk | Sound Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aleksandr Lozitskiy | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lev Yemelyanov | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Anatoliy Zabolotskiy | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Yevgeniya Barmina | Editor |
| Camera | L. Sushkevich | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Valentin Vinogradov | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | M. Davidovich | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Veronika Dudarova | Conductor |
| Production | Semyon Tulman | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Mikhail Berezko | Script Editor |
| Sound | Vasily Dyomkin | Sound Director |
| Editing | G. Kurneva | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | V. Baranovskiy | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | G. Glebko | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Viktor Porshnev | Executive Producer |