Big School-Break

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 Georgi Sadovnikov's novel "Walk towards people" (Иду к людям).

Big School-Break
Created byGosteleradio
Written byAleksei Korenev
Georgi Sadovnikov
Directed byAleksei Korenev
StarringMikhail Kononov
Aleksandr Zbruyev
Evgeni Leonov
Rolan Bykov
Lyudmila Kasatkina
Theme music composerEduard Kolmanovsky
Country of originSoviet Union
Original languageRussian
No. of episodes4
Production
CinematographyAnatoly Mukasey
Running time268 min
Release
Original releaseMosfilm
T/O Ekran
1972 
1973

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.

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