A life-long story of a romantic school teacher who left imperial St. Petersburg for teaching country children. Driven by noble intentions to enlighten people and examples by 1880s revolutionary "People's Will" member teachers, a young woman spent her life in a village and evidenced the changes a Russian village has undergone from pre-revolutionary tsarist times to late 1940s.
- Created by
- Mark Donskoy
- Origin
- SU
- TMDB rating
- 5.2 / 10 · 14 votes
Cast
Vera MaretskayaVarvara "Varenka" Vasilievna Martinovna
Pavel OlenevIgor Petrovich, school custodian
Daniil SagalSergei Dmitriyevich Martinov
Rostislav PlyattThe Secondary School Headmaster
Ivan Ryzhovгость Букова (нет в титрах)
Natalia Sadovskayastudent of Varvara Vasilievna (uncredited)- Aleksandr Zhukovkulak (peasant)
Sergei AntimonovThe priest, member of the committee (uncredited)
Emma Malaya
Vladimir MarutaKlim Voronov