Movie

The Village Teacher

Released: June 6, 1947 (1947)

Runtime: 100 minutes

Genres: Drama

A life-long story of a romantic school teacher who left imperial St. Petersburg for teaching country children. Driven by noble intentions to enlighten people and examples by 1880s revolutionary "People's Will" member teachers, a young woman spent her life in a village and evidenced the changes a Russian village has undergone from pre-revolutionary tsarist times to late 1940s.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Pavel Olenev as Igor Petrovich, school custodian
Age at release: 49
Aleksandr Zhukov as kulak (peasant)
Age at release: 48
Vera Maretskaya as Varvara "Varenka" Vasilievna Martinovna
Age at release: 40
Rostislav Plyatt as The Secondary School Headmaster
Age at release: 38
Daniil Sagal as Sergei Dmitriyevich Martinov
Age at release: 37
Ivan Ryzhov as гость Букова (нет в титрах)
Age at release: 34
Natalia Sadovskaya as student of Varvara Vasilievna (uncredited)
Age at release: 18
Sergei Antimonov as The priest, member of the committee (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown