A French Lesson
Уроки французского
Release: 1978-12-17
·★ 6.4
Drama
Actions of the movie occurred in Post-WWII years in small village. Mother with three children. Father was lost in the war, like many other. 11-year old son rather smart boy is main help in housekeeping. But here was primary school only, and he was sent to study to neighbor village over 50 km. He lives with his mother's friend - woman and two children. Mother brought food one time per 3 weeks, and he cooks and eats separately from householders. To buy more food he plays game 'money'. He was beaten by older boys – usual child's cruelty.
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Production Companies
Mosfilm
Cast
Oleg Kazennov
as Тишкин
Klavdiya Kozlyonkova
as продавщица молока
Boris Novikov
as дед Илья
Vadim Yakovlev
as дядя Ваня
Yelena Kuzmina
as продавщица молока
Galina Yatskina
as Мария Андреевна, мать Володи
Lidiya Savchenko
Mikhail Yegorov
as Володя
Oleg Golubitsky
as директор школы Василий Андреевич
Vladimir Sez
as фельдшер
Tatyana Tashkova
as Lidiya Mikhailovna
Andrey Zvezdov
as Вадик
Valentina Talyzina
as тётя Надя