First-Year Student
About First-Year Student
Marusya Orlova lives with her mother and grandmother. Her father, a pilot, is stationed in the Arctic. Tired of waiting, she takes his letters and the papers to School No. 156 and enrolls herself. In the first grade she is rude and pushes, and she also stands up for the girl at her desk. Teacher Anna Ivanovna spends the year teaching her how to live with the other children.
Cast & crew
More about First-Year Student
Ilya Frez directed. Evgeny Shvarts wrote the screenplay from his own story. An excerpt ran in Murzilka shortly before the premiere. Gabriel Egiazarov photographed. Dmitry Kabalevsky and Mikhail Ziv wrote the music. Soyuzdetfilm. Released 22 March 1948. Runtime 68 minutes. Shown in Czechoslovakia from 10 September 1948.
Themes
Making
Shvarts, who wrote the scripts for Cinderella and The Snow Queen, wrote this school story for Frez.
Look
Gabriel Egiazarov photographed it.
Music
Dmitry Kabalevsky and Mikhail Ziv wrote the music.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Natalya Zashchipina plays Marusya. It was her third film role. She later dubbed Chip in Chip 'n Dale and Mrs. Beakley in DuckTales.
- Tamara Makarova, Kira Golovko, Tatyana Barysheva, Yelena Yegorova, and Igor Eroshkin are in the catalog cast.
- The school in the film is No. 156.
- A file is on Wikimedia Commons as 1948. Первоклассница.webm.
Scenes
- Marusya carries her father's letters and the receipts to the school and signs herself up.
- She defends the girl who shares her desk.
Influenced by
- Evgeny Shvarts's story First-Year Student
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (1948. Первоклассница.webm)
