''We'll Live Till Monday'' (russian: Доживём до понедельника, translit. Dozhivyom do ponedelnika) is a 1968 Soviet

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Stanislav Rostotsky Stanislav Iosifovich Rostotsky (russian: Станислав Иосифович Ростоцкий; 21 April 1922, in Rybinsk – 10 August 2001, in Vyborg) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter, the recipient of the two USSR State Prize ...

. It was entered into the

6th Moscow International Film Festival The 6th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 22 July 1969. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Cuban film ''Lucía'' directed by Humberto Solás, the Italian film '' Serafino'' directed by Pietro Germi and the Soviet film ''W ...

where it won the Golden Prize. 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 Vyacheslav Vasilyevich Tikhonov (russian: Вячесла́в Васи́льевич Ти́хонов; 8 February 1928, in Pavlovsky Posad – 4 December 2009, in Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian actor whose best known role was as Soviet spy, S ...

as Ilya Semyonovich Melnikov — History Teacher * Irina Pechernikova as Natalya Sergeevna Gorelova — English Language Teacher, former Melnikov's student *

Nina Menshikova Nina Yevgenyevna Menshikova (russian: Ни́на Евге́ньевна Ме́ньшикова ; 8 August 1928 – 26 December 2007) was a Soviet actress. She was the wife of Stanislav Rostotsky and the mother of Andrei Rostotsky. Nina Mensh ...

as Svetlana Mikhailovna — Russian Language and Literature Teacher * Mikhail Zimin as Nikolai Borisovich — School Principal *

Nadir Malishevsky The nadir (, ; ar, نظير, naẓīr, counterpart) is the direction pointing directly ''below'' a particular location; that is, it is one of two vertical directions at a specified location, orthogonal to a horizontal flat surface. The direct ...

as TV Show Host * Dalvin Shcherbakov as Borya Rudnitsky, former Melnikov's student *

Olga Zhiznyeva Olga Andreyevna Zhizneva (Russian: Ольга Андреевна Жизнева; April 17, 1899November 10, 1972) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1969). Selected filmography *'' Property of the Repu ...

as Melnikov's Mother * Lyudmila Arkharova as Nadya Ogarysheva, pupil * Valeriy Zubarev as Genka Shestopal, pupil *

Olga Ostroumova Olga Mikhailovna Ostroumova (russian: О́льга Миха́йловна Остроу́мова; born 21 September 1947) is a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. Best known for her roles in films ''We'll Live Till Monday'' ...

as Rita Cherkasova, pupil *

Igor Starygin Igor Vladimirovich Starygin (Russian:''Игорь Владимирович Старыгин'', 13 June 1946 in Moscow – 8 November 2009 in Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. An alumnus of the Russian Academy of Theatre Ar ...

as Kostya Batishchev, pupil *

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as Sveta Demidova, pupil *

Yuri Chernov Yury Nikolayevich Chernov (russian: Юpий Никoлаeвич Чернов; born 24 April 1949) is a Soviet and Russian actor of theatre and cinema. Honored Artist of Russia (1994) and People's Artist of Russia (2008). Biography Yuri was ...

as Syromyatnikov, pupil * Lyubov Sokolova as Levikova * Arkadi Listarov as Vova Levikov, pupil

Awards

* ''

Soviet Screen ''Soviet Screen'' (russian: link=no, Советский Экран, Sovetsky Ekran) was an illustrated magazine published in the USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental c ...

'' Magazine Best 1968 film * Golden Prize of

, 1969 *

USSR State Prize The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, Gosudarstvennaya premiya SSSR) was the Soviet Union's state honor. It was established on 9 September 1966. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, t ...

, 1970

References

External links

* 1968 films 1968 drama films Soviet drama films Russian drama films 1960s Russian-language films Films directed by Stanislav Rostotsky Films set in schools Films set in the Soviet Union Films shot in Moscow Gorky Film Studio films Soviet teen films {{1960s-drama-film-stub