First Trials
1960, Russian. Directed by Vladimir Korsh.
The young teacher Lobanovich, who has just graduated from the seminary, comes to the remote Polessky village of Telshino to teach the peasant children to read and write. In the heads of seminarians persistently hammered into the idea that the Tsar-father endlessly cares about the common people, and the people respond to him sincere filial gratitude. Arriving in the village, the teacher saw a different picture. The Poleshuk people are beaten down, driven, living in mud, darkness, tightly entangled in a network of prejudices and superstitions....
- Runtime
- 2h 54m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Russian
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- Released
- 28 July 1960
- Original title
- Первые испытания
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Arkadiy Kuleshov, Maksim Luzhanin
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First Trials isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 28 July 1960. (Checked 2 November 2026.)
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Who directed First Trials?
First Trials (1960) was directed by Vladimir Korsh and stars Eduard Izotov, Natalya Kustinskaya, Yuri Dedovich.