Courage School
| School of Courage | |
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| Russian: Школа мужества | |
| Directed by | |
| Written by |
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| Starring | |
| Music by | Mikhail Ziv |
| Cinematography | Timofei Lebeshev |
Production company | |
Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
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School of Courage (Russian: Школа мужества) is a 1954 Soviet war/adventure film directed by Vladimir Basov and Mstislav Korchagin. It is based on the School novel by Arkady Gaidar.[1][2] Meant for juvenile audience, it became one of the 1954 Soviet box office leaders[3] (10th place with 27.2 million viewers[4]). The movie was a directorial debut for Vladimir Basov and Mstislav Korchagin (who died in a plane crash right after the end of shooting[5]) and an acting debut for Rolan Bykov and Leonid Kharitonov.[2][6][7]
Plot[edit]
The film tells about a boy who, after completing his studies at the school, becomes a Bolshevik. He has to go through a revolution and a civil war.
Starring[edit]
- Leonid Kharitonov as Boris
- Mark Bernes as Afansii Chubuk
- Vladimir Yemelyanov as Guerilla Leadr
- Nikolai Garin
- Georgi Gumilevsky
- A. Sergeyev
- Vadim Zakharchenko
- Mikhail Pugovkin
- Nikolay Grabbe as Jan, aka Ivan, guerilla
- Vladimir Gorelov as Gypsy
- Roza Makagonova as Verka, peasant girl
- Evgeniya Melnikova as Mother Gorikova
- Pyotr Chernov as Father Gorikov
- Grigory Mikhaylov as Verka's Father
- Emmanuil Geller
- Yuriy Katin-Yartsev
- Aleksey Mironov
- Rolan Bykov
Awards[edit]
- 1954 — Best educational film at the 8th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival[1][8]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Basov from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia 3rd Edition (1970-1979)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Marina Surganova. 95 year ago actor/director Vladimir Basov was born article from Rewizor.ru, 28 July 2018 (in Russian)
- ↑ University, Peter Rollberg, George Washington (20 July 2016). "Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema". Rowman & Littlefield – via Google Books.
- ↑ School of Courage at the Cyril and Methodius Encyclopedia
- ↑ Mstislav Korchagin at the Cyril and Methodius Encyclopedia
- ↑ Balina, Marina; Rudova, Larissa (1 February 2013). "Russian Children's Literature and Culture". Routledge – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Rolan Bykov actor, director :: people :: Russia-InfoCentre". russia-ic.com.
- ↑ Cinema: Encyclopedic Dictionary, main editor Sergei Yutkevich, p. 38. — Moscow: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1987
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