School of Courage

School of Courage (Russian: Школа мужества, romanized: Shkola Muzhestva) is a 1954 Soviet war/adventure film directed by Vladimir Basov and . It is based on the 1929 novel School by Arkady Gaidar. Meant for juvenile audience, it became a 1954 Soviet box office leaders (10th place with 27.2 million viewers). The movie was a directorial debut for Vladimir Basov and Mstislav Korchagin (who died in a plane crash right after the end of shooting) and an acting debut for Rolan Bykov and Leonid Kharitonov.

School of Courage

School of Courage (Russian: Школа мужества, romanized: Shkola Muzhestva) is a 1954 Soviet war/adventure film directed by Vladimir Basov and . It is based on the 1929 novel School by Arkady Gaidar. Meant for juvenile audience, it became a 1954 Soviet box office leaders (10th place with 27.2 million viewers). The movie was a directorial debut for Vladimir Basov and Mstislav Korchagin (who died in a plane crash right after the end of shooting) and an acting debut for Rolan Bykov and Leonid Kharitonov.