Bolshaya Peremena

Big School-Break
Created by	Gosteleradio
Written by	Aleksei Korenev Georgi Sadovnikov
Directed by	Aleksei Korenev
Starring	Mikhail Kononov Aleksandr Zbruyev Evgeni Leonov Rolan Bykov Lyudmila Kasatkina
Theme music composer	Eduard Kolmanovsky
Country of origin	Soviet Union
Original language(s)	Russian
No. of episodes	4
Production
Cinematography	Anatoly Mukasey
Running time	268 min
Release
Original release	Mosfilm T/O Ekran 1972 – 1973

Big School-Break (or Big Break translit. Bolshaya Peremena, Russian: Большая перемена) is a Soviet 1972 TV miniseries in 4 episodes. Its USA screen name is The Long Recess, and it is loosely based on Georgi Sadovnikov's novel "Walk towards people".

Nestor Petrovich Severov, a student preparing to start his PhD in Russian history, has his ego bruised by his girl-friend, who beats him on their entrance exam. He starts working at a night school, having had his spot at a graduate program taken away by the young woman. He soon finds out that teaching adults can be very hard, especially when they aren't willing to learn.

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