Big School-Break

*Big School-Break*
Big School-Break
Created by	Gosteleradio
Written by	;
Directed by
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	Mosfilm; T/O Ekran; 1972 –; 1973

Big School-Break (or Big Break translit. Bolshaya Peremena, Russian: Большая перемена) is a Soviet 1972 TV miniseries in 4 episodes. Its USA screen name is The Long Recess, and it is loosely based on 's novel "Walk towards people" (Иду к людям).

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
as Nelli neighbor's party
Yuriy Kuzmenkov as Fedoskin
as Svetlana Afanasyevna
Natalya Gvozdikova as Polina
Saveli Kramarov as Timokhin
as Gena Lyapishev
Valery Nosik as Otto Fukin
Nina Maslova as Korovyanskaya
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
as Engineer
, Valentina Talyzina, , , as The School Teachers
Vladimir Basov as photographer at the wedding Petrykin's
Elya Baskin as pupil
as Tarasov
Ivan Ryzhov as Police Major, head of the department
Valentina Ananina (episode)
Mikhail Remizov (episode)
Vladimir Zemlyanikin as friend Petrykin's
as Brigadier
Yelena Koreneva as girl in library
Valentina Titova as wedding guests
Pyotr Shcherbakov as guest

External links[]

Big School-Break at IMDb
(in Russian) Bolshaya Peremena 35 years ago
(in Russian) How Bolshaya Peremena was filming at Lev Durov official web-site

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