After leaving the hospital, Sergeant Katsuba, who has bid farewell to frontline service, travels to a provincial town to teach military science to cadets. However, his relationship with the 17-year-old boys does not go well: they consider their instructor to be unfair and overly critical...
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Vladimir Gostyukhin
Starshina Katsuba
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Vladimir Yurev
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Nikolay Koshelev Director · Vladimir Kunin Writer Igor Tsvetkov Composer
First release July 7, 1980 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Старшина
Production
Lenfilm
Production
Russia · Russia
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Original title
Старшина
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · July 7, 1980
Theatrical · In cinemas nationwide
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