Big School-Break

Big School-Break
Created by	Gosteleradio
Written by	Aleksei Korenev Georgi Sadovnikov
Directed by	Aleksei Korenev
Starring	Mikhail Kononov Aleksandr Zbruyev Evgeni Leonov Rolan Bykov Lyudmila Kasatkina
Theme music composer	Eduard Kolmanovsky
Country of origin	Soviet Union
Original language	Russian
No. of episodes	4
Production
Cinematography	Anatoly Mukasey
Running time	268 min
Original release
Release	Mosfilm T/O Ekran 1972 – 1973

Big School-Break (or Big Break translit. Bolshaya Peremena, Russian: Большая перемена) is a Soviet 1972 TV miniseries in 4 episodes. Its USA screen name is The Long Recess, and it is loosely based on Georgi 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
• Evgeni Leonov as Stepan Lednyov
• Rolan Bykov as Alexander Petrykin
• Aleksandr Zbruyev as Grigory Ganzha
• Svetlana Kryuchkova as Nelli
• Yanis Yakobson as Nelli neighbor's party
• Yuriy Kuzmenkov as Fedoskin
• Natalya Bogunova as Svetlana Afanasyevna
• Natalya Gvozdikova as Polina
• Saveli Kramarov as Timokhin
• Viktor Proskurin as Gena Lyapishev
• Valery Nosik as Otto Fukin
• Nina Maslova as Korovyanskaya
• Iren Azer as Lyus'ka
• Valeri Khlevinsky as Avdotyin
• Lyudmila Kasatkina as The School Director
• Mikhail Yanshin as Professor Volosyuk
• Valentina Sperantova as The School Janitor
• Lev Durov as Militiaman
• Lyusyena Ovchinnikova as Valya, Petrykin's bride
• Lev Dubov as Engineer
• Anastasiya Georgiyevskaya, Valentina Talyzina, Nina Zhilina, Lyudmila Antsiferova, Valentina Kuznetsova as The School Teachers
• Vladimir Basov as photographer at the wedding Petrykin's
• Elya Baskin as pupil
• Nikolai Grabbe as Tarasov
• Ivan Ryzhov as Police Major, head of the department
• Valentina Ananina (episode)
• Mikhail Remizov (episode)
• Vladimir Zemlyanikin as friend Petrykin's
• Gottlib Roninson as Brigadier
• Yelena Koreneva as girl in library
• Valentina Titova as wedding guests
• Pyotr Shcherbakov as guest

External links

• Big School-Break at IMDb
• (in Russian) Bolshaya Peremena 35 years ago
• (in Russian) How Bolshaya Peremena was filming at Lev Durov official web-site