Set in the high North, this tale of a Russian teacher who begins to educate the children of the Chukchi tribe reinforces the director's firm belief in the power of education to overcome distrust and establish a shared civilizational foundation for all human beings.
Cast
Crew
Mark Donskoy
Director
Fedor Knorre
Writer
Tikhon Syomushkin
Writer, Novel
Boris Monastyrsky
Director of Photography
I. Zhigalko
First Assistant Director
Zinaida Danilova
Second Assistant Director
A. Fedorovich
Third Assistant Director
Rafail Perelstein
Assistant Director
S. Chernin
Producer
Lyudmila Blatova
Production Design
Igor Bakhmetyev
Production Design
M. Shmulevich
Camera Operator
S. Sher
Camera Operator
Anatoliy Nikolayev
Assistant Camera
Yevgeni Nesterov
Sound Director
V. Dmitriev
Sound Director
B. Pekker
Sound Assistant
Lev Shvarts
Original Music Composer
A. Panchuk
Administration
M. Rodin
Administration