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First Trials

6.019602h 54mMovieDrama

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…

DirectorVladimir Korsh
WritersArkadiy Kuleshov·Maksim Luzhanin
ProducersSemyon Tulman·Viktor Porshnev

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Cast · Directed by Vladimir Korsh

EIEduard Izotov
Eduard Izotov
NKNatalya Kustinskaya
Natalya Kustinskaya
YDYuri Dedovich
Yuri Dedovich
BVBoris Vladomirsky
Boris Vladomirsky
NENikolay Eryomenko
Nikolay Eryomenko
VTViktor Tarasov
Viktor Tarasov
MNMikhail Nazvanov
Mikhail Nazvanov
GGGleb Glebov
Gleb Glebov
VBVladimir Balashov
Vladimir Balashov
TBTatyana Barysheva
Tatyana Barysheva
FSFyodor Shmakov
Fyodor Shmakov
BKBoris Kudryavtsev
Boris Kudryavtsev

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