Big School-Break
Big School-Break (or Big Break translit. Bolshaya Peremena, Russian: Большая перемена) is a Soviet 1972 TV miniseries in 4 episodes. I was known in the US as The Long Recess, and it is loosely based on Georgi Sadovnikov's novel Walk towards people (Иду к людям).
| Big School-Break | |
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| Created by | Gosteleradio |
| Written by | Aleksei Korenev Georgi Sadovnikov |
| Directed by | Aleksei Korenev |
| Starring | Mikhail Kononov Aleksandr Zbruyev Evgeni Leonov Rolan Bykov Lyudmila Kasatkina |
| Theme music composer | Eduard Kolmanovsky |
| Country of origin | Soviet Union |
| Original language | Russian |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Cinematography | Anatoly Mukasey |
| Running time | 268 min |
| Release | |
| Original release | 1972 – 1973 |
Plot summary
Nestor Petrovich Severov, a student preparing to start his PhD in Russian history, has his ego bruised by his girl-friend, who beats him on their entrance exam. He starts working at a night school, having had his spot at a graduate program taken away by the young woman. He soon finds out that teaching adults can be very hard, especially when they aren't willing to learn.
Cast
- Mikhail Kononov as Nestor Petrovich Severov, the history teacher
- Evgeni Leonov as Stepan Lednyov
- Rolan Bykov as Alexander Petrykin
- Aleksandr Zbruyev as Grigory Ganzha
- Svetlana Kryuchkova as Nelli
- Yanis Yakobson as Nelli neighbor's party
- Yuriy Kuzmenkov as Fedoskin
- Natalya Bogunova as Svetlana Afanasyevna
- Natalya Gvozdikova as Polina
- Saveli Kramarov as Timokhin
- Viktor Proskurin as Gena Lyapishev
- Valery Nosik as Otto Fukin
- Nina Maslova as Korovyanskaya
- Iren Azer as Lyus'ka
- Valeri Khlevinsky as Avdotyin
- Lyudmila Kasatkina as The School Director
- Mikhail Yanshin as Professor Volosyuk
- Valentina Sperantova as The School Janitor
- Lev Durov as Militiaman
- Lyusyena Ovchinnikova as Valya, Petrykin's bride
- Lev Dubov as Engineer
- Anastasiya Georgiyevskaya, Valentina Talyzina, Nina Zhilina, Lyudmila Antsiferova, Valentina Kuznetsova as The School Teachers
- Vladimir Basov as photographer at the wedding Petrykin's
- Elya Baskin as pupil
- Nikolai Grabbe as Tarasov
- Ivan Ryzhov as Police Major, head of the department
- Valentina Ananina (episode)
- Mikhail Remizov (episode)
- Vladimir Zemlyanikin as friend Petrykin's
- Gottlib Roninson as Brigadier
- Yelena Koreneva as girl in library
- Valentina Titova as wedding guests
- Pyotr Shcherbakov as guest
External links
- Big School-Break at IMDb
- Bolshaya Peremena 35 years ago (in Russian)
- How Bolshaya Peremena was filmed at Lev Durov's website (in Russian)
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