First Trials

First Trials

174 mins | Drama | July 28, 1960

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 the Tsar-father endlessly cares about the common people, and the people respond to him sincere filial gratitude. Arriving in the village, the teacher saw a different picture. The Poleshuk people are beaten down, driven, living in mud, darkness, tightly entangled in a network of prejudices and superstitions....

First Trials

174 mins | Drama | July 28, 1960

First Trials
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 the Tsar-father endlessly cares about the common people, and the people respond to him sincere filial gratitude. Arriving in the village, the teacher saw a different picture. The Poleshuk people are beaten down, driven, living in mud, darkness, tightly entangled in a network of prejudices and superstitions....
Producers Belarusfilm
Original title Первые испытания
Directors G. Glebko, M. Davidovich, Valentin Vinogradov, Nadezhda Brilliantshikova, Vladimir Korsh
Writers Mikhail Berezko, Maksim Luzhanin, Yakub Kolas, Arkadiy Kuleshov

Cast

Aleksandr Kistov

as Priest Vladimir

Ivan Shatillo

as Gleb

Konstantin Adashevsky

as Governor