The Village Teacher

Сельская учительница

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.

Director

Mark Donskoy

Screenplay

Mariya Smirnova

Music

Lev Shvarts

Status

Released

Release date

06/06/1947

Original language

Russian