School of Courage (1954)

Original title

Школа мужества

Directed by

Mstislav Korchagin, Vladimir Basov

Genre

drama film, adventure film, war film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 39m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A boy comes of age during the Russian Civil War. He is forced to grow up quickly as he joins the fight. The film follows his journey from a naive student to a hardened soldier.

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What happens

School of Courage (Russian: Школа мужества, romanized: 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. Meant for juvenile audience, it became a 1954 Soviet box office leaders (10th place with 27.2 million viewers). The movie was a directorial debut for Vladimir Basov and Mstislav Korchagin (who died in a plane crash right after the end of shooting) and an acting debut for Rolan Bykov and Leonid Kharitonov. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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