School of Courage explained

School of Courage
Native Name:Russian: Школа мужества
Music:Mikhail Ziv
Cinematography:Timofey Lebeshev
Editing:Antonina Medvedeva
Studio:Mosfilm
Runtime:99 minutes
Country:Soviet Union
Language:Russian

School of Courage (Russian: Школа мужества|Shkola Muzhestva) is a 1954 Soviet war/adventure film directed by Vladimir Basov and Mstislav Korchagin. It is based on the 1929 novel School by Arkady Gaidar.[1] [2] Meant for juvenile audience, it became a 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.[6] [7]

Plot

The film tells about a Russian high school student, Boris Golikov, during the First World War. He has been influenced 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. He enters the detachment of the former teacher Semion Galka. With the detachment, he goes through the rear lines of the White forces to join up with the main Red Army.

Cast

Awards

Notes and References

  1. https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/vladimir+basov Vladimir Basov
  2. Marina Surganova. 95 year ago actor/director Vladimir Basov was born article from Rewizor.ru, 28 July 2018 (in Russian)
  3. Book: University, Peter Rollberg, George Washington. Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. 20 July 2016. Rowman / Littlefield. 9781442268425. Google Books.
  4. http://megabook.ru/article/Школа_мужества School of Courage
  5. http://megabook.ru/article/Корчагин_Мстислав_Васильевич Mstislav Korchagin
  6. Book: Russian Children's Literature and Culture. Marina. Balina. Larissa. Rudova. Larissa Rudova. 1 February 2013. Routledge. 9781135865566. Google Books.
  7. Web site: Rolan Bykov. Russia-InfoCentre. russia-ic.com.
  8. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047481/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm Школа мужества (1954) Full Cast & Crew
  9. Cinema: Encyclopedic Dictionary, main editor Sergei Yutkevich, p. 38. — Moscow: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1987