Big School-Break
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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 |
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Cinematography | Anatoly Mukasey |
Running time | 268 min |
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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
Categories:
- 1972 films
- 1973 films
- Soviet films
- 1970s romantic comedy films
- Russian-language films
- Soviet television miniseries
- 1970s Soviet television series
- Soviet romantic comedy films
- Russian romantic comedy films
- Russian films
- Films shot in Moscow
- Films shot in Yaroslavl Oblast
- 1970s television miniseries
- 1973 comedy films
- 1972 comedy films
- 1970s Soviet film stubs
- Television film stubs