School of Courage

School of Courage
Russian: Школа мужества
Directed by
Written by
  • Konstantin Semyonov
  • Solomon Rozen
Starring
Music by Mikhail Ziv
Cinematography Timofey Lebeshev
Edited by Antonina Medvedeva
Production
company
Release date
 1954
Running time
 99 minutes
Country Soviet Union
Language Russian

School of Courage (Russian: Школа мужества, translit. Shkola Muzhestva) 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

The film tells about a Russian high school student , Boris Golikov ,during the First World War He has been affected by the official Czarist patriotism of the period, and is consequently horrified when he learns that his father has deserted from the front, . But the arrest and execution of his father, and then the influence of his father's comrade who has joined the Bolshevik force. leads him to join the Red Army on the Don front, entering the detachment of the former teacher Seeds Galk. With the detachment, he who goes through the rear lines of the White forces s to join up with the main Red Army forces.

Cast

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 Vladimir Basov from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia 3rd Edition (1970-1979)
  2. 1 2 Marina Surganova. 95 year ago actor/director Vladimir Basov was born article from Rewizor.ru, 28 July 2018 (in Russian)
  3. ↑ University, Peter Rollberg, George Washington (20 July 2016). "Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema". Rowman / Littlefield – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ School of Courage at the Cyril and Methodius Encyclopedia
  5. ↑ Mstislav Korchagin at the Cyril and Methodius Encyclopedia
  6. ↑ Balina, Marina; Rudova, Larissa (1 February 2013). "Russian Children's Literature and Culture". Routledge – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ "Rolan Bykov. Russia-InfoCentre". russia-ic.com.
  8. ↑ Cinema: Encyclopedic Dictionary, main editor Sergei Yutkevich, p. 38. — Moscow: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1987
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