We'll Live Till Monday

We'll Live Till Monday
We'll Live Till Monday
	Film poster
Directed by	Stanislav Rostotsky
Written by	Georgi Polonsky
Produced by	Grigoriy Rimalis
Starring	Vyacheslav Tikhonov; Irina Pechernikova; Nina Menshikova
Cinematography	Vyacheslav Shumsky
Edited by	Valentina Mironova
Music by	Kirill Molchanov
Production; company	Gorky Film Studio
Release date	28 November 1968;
Running time	106 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

We'll Live Till Monday (Russian: Доживём до понедельника, translit. Dozhivyom do ponedelnika) is a 1968 Soviet romantic drama film directed by Stanislav Rostotsky. It was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Golden Prize.^[1] The film is about the life of an ordinary Moscow school with all its joys, problems and difficult choices in their lives of students and teachers.

Plot

History teacher Ilya Melnikov is familiar with both doubts and feelings of dissatisfaction. Though he is not always right, he fights, loves, and overcomes difficulties and doubts.

Cast

Vyacheslav Tikhonov as Ilya Semyonovich Melnikov — History Teacher
Irina Pechernikova as Natalya Sergeevna Gorelova — English Language Teacher, former Melnikov's student
Nina Menshikova as Svetlana Mikhailovna — Russian Language and Literature Teacher
Mikhail Zimin as Nikolai Borisovich — School Principal
Nadir Malishevsky as TV Show Host
Dalvin Shcherbakov as Borya Rudnitsky, former Melnikov's student
Olga Zhiznyeva as Melnikov's Mother
Lyudmila Arkharova as Nadya Ogarysheva, pupil
Valeriy Zubarev as Genka Shestopal, pupil
Olga Ostroumova as Rita Cherkasova, pupil
Igor Starygin as Kostya Batishchev, pupil
Roza Grigoryeva as Sveta Demidova, pupil
Yuri Chernov as Syromyatnikov, pupil
Lyubov Sokolova as Levikova
Arkadi Listarov as Vova Levikov, pupil

Awards

Soviet Screen Magazine Best 1968 film
Golden Prize of 6th Moscow International Film Festival, 1969
USSR State Prize, 1970

References

^ "6th Moscow International Film Festival (1969)". MIFF. Retrieved 19 December 2012.

External links

We'll Live Till Monday at IMDb

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