The Village Teacher
1947, Russian. Directed by Mark Donskoy.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Mark DonskoyDirector
- Vera MaretskayaVarvara "Varenka" Vasilievna Martinovna
- Pavel OlenevIgor Petrovich, school custodian
- Daniil SagalSergei Dmitriyevich Martinov
- Rostislav PlyattThe Secondary School Headmaster
- Ivan Ryzhovгость Букова (нет в титрах)
- Natalia Sadovskayastudent of Varvara Vasilievna (uncredited)
- Aleksandr Zhukovkulak (peasant)
- Sergei AntimonovThe priest, member of the committee (uncredited)
- Emma MalayaCast
- Vladimir MarutaKlim Voronov
- Ariadna LysakMashenka
- Olga ChepurovaCast
Details
- Released
- 6 June 1947
- Original title
- Сельская учительница
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Mariya Smirnova
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The Village Teacher runs 100 minutes (1h 40m).
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The Village Teacher isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 6 June 1947. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Village Teacher?
The Village Teacher (1947) was directed by Mark Donskoy and stars Vera Maretskaya, Pavel Olenev, Daniil Sagal.