The Long Recess

The Long Recess (1972)

Большая перемена

A young teacher goes to a school for adults. He is younger than many of his students and some of them are starting to miss school.

Date of release
1972-06-06
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (41)
Runtime
4h 28m
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Director
Aleksei Korenev

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: I go to people

Big School-Break 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.

Production

The film was shot in Yaroslavl (Central Park, Kotoroslnaya embankment, Damansky Island etc.) and Moscow (Moscow State Pedagogical University).

The main song of the film is Black and White (Russian: Чёрное и белое, lit. 'Chyornoe i beloe'), sang by Svetlana Kryuchkova, written by Eduard Kolmanovsky and Mikhail Tanich specifically for her.

In the wake of the huge film success, this song became associated with Kryuchkova for many years.

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