First Trials
5.6
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....
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Eduard Izotov
Known for
Father Frost
Mimino
Natalya Kustinskaya
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Yuri Dedovich
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Boris Vladomirsky
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Nikolay Eryomenko
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Viktor Tarasov
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Mikhail Nazvanov
Known for
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
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Gleb Glebov
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Vladimir Balashov
Known for
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Tatyana Barysheva
Known for
The Twelve Months
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Fyodor Shmakov
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Vladimir Korsh Director · Arkadiy Kuleshov Screenplay Maksim Luzhanin Writer
First release July 28, 1960 · Produced in Russia, Belarus · Original title Первые испытания
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Belarusfilm
Production
Russia · Belarus
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Original title
Первые испытания
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · July 28, 1960
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No release date listed for United States.
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