Big School-Break (or Big Breaktranslit.Bolshaya Peremena, Russian: Большая перемена) is a Soviet 1972 TV miniseries in 4 episodes. It was known in the US as The Long Recess, and it is loosely based on Georgy Sadovnikov's novel Walk towards people (Иду к людям).
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.
Cast
Mikhail Kononov as Nestor Petrovich Severov, the history teacher
In the wake of the huge film success, this song became associated with Kryuchkova for many years.[5][6][7]
Reviews
Despite critical reviews, the film is considered a classic[8] and is often shown on Russian TV channels.
Mikhail Kononov was skeptical about the film. In his memoirs, he wrote: "In the multi-series "Big School-Break", the full spectre of four generations of actors was collected, ranging from popular folk to those who had just graduated from theater schools. I had to justify phantasmagoric situations and an absurd script. A lot has been written about the "Big School-Break", and it was successfully held abroad. Such was the strength of talents in Russia at that time. Any nonsense in their performance looked cute and charming, and most importantly — sincere".[9]
References
^Ирина Ивойлова. (January 2010). "Школьная история" (газета) (11 (5090)) (Российская газета — Неделя ed.): 11. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. 21{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help). In Russian