English lessons (1986)

An English teacher at a school specializing in English talks about her experience and mistakes in teaching children.

The teacher goes to her class.

Alternating close-ups of the students in the class.

The teacher collects essays from the students.

The teacher announces that the next day they will discuss the works and the best one will receive a prize.

The teacher announces that, as she promised, that day they will rehearse scenes from the play "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare.

A recruitment call is announced.

The teacher writes Romeo and Juliet and a question mark on the board in English.

The teacher says that Romeo and Juliet are the main characters and asks who wants to play their roles.

The teacher asks about Juliet, several girls raise their hands.

The girls in the group discuss Juliet in English.

The teacher asks the girls what Juliet is like in their opinion and how they are similar to her.

Alternating close-ups of the boys in the class.

Cartoons symbolizing the teacher's thoughts about the candidates for the role of Juliet.

A student named Vera has been chosen for the role of Juliet.

Vera recites the text of the play, the teacher says that it was good, but could she say it more clearly and emotionally.

Vera repeats it.

Alternating close-ups of the boys in the class.

A boy named Victor recites the text.

The teacher asks him not to worry, because there is still time to rehearse.

Another contender for the role is Anton.

Victor and Vera recite the dialogue of Romeo and Juliet.

The teacher watches them.

One of the students interrupts the dialogue, taking a photo of Vera and Victor, the teacher throws him out.

Vera takes part in a dialogue with Anton, another contender for the role of Romeo.

The teacher has chosen who will play Romeo and Juliet.

Vera and Anton.

Students in the class.

The girl is writing on the board.

The teacher is watching the assignment being completed.

The camera zooms in on the board with the assignment.

A close-up of a student.

The teacher asks the student to read the text.

A close-up of the students' faces.

The teacher asks if anyone has found any mistakes and asks them to raise their hands.

A girl raises her hand.

The student explains the mistakes.

A joke note is hung on Anton's back.

The boy calls him a postman and makes fun of him.

The teacher takes the note off and asks who did it.

The culprit leaves the class.

The teacher discusses the topic of rock.

Vera is writing on a piece of paper in her notebook and tears it out.

The teacher tries to take the note away, the students pass it forward, it says "I love you Romeo".

The teacher runs out of the class.

The teacher is walking down the street.

A cartoon about the teacher's own hobbies in her youth.

Anton and Vera in close-up.

The teacher is on stage, the students' heads are visible from behind the scenes.

The teacher is thinking in an empty classroom.

A cartoon about the work of the class.

A fly is drawn on the board.

A cartoon that analyzes the students' behavior.

An English teacher reflects on the mistakes she made in an English lesson.

The teacher's face against the background of a drawing depicting a classroom.

A portrait of W. Shakespeare.

The teacher reflects on her competence in pedagogical matters.

After great worries, the teacher fell asleep in the classroom.

A drawing on the wall depicting students.

A cartoon showing the teacher's dream.

In the dream, the teacher communicates with Shakespeare.

Shakespeare explains to the teacher that although the world has changed, feelings and emotions have remained the same as in his time.

Close-up of students communicating with each other.

An album by the artist Holbein.

The teacher looks at photographs.

At home, the teacher prepares for a performance, looking at paintings by artists and reading history books, looking at photographs.

A cartoon in which the teacher shows students old paintings and talks about the Renaissance.

Alternating frames with paintings by Renaissance artists.

An engraving depicting Shakespeare's theater of the 16th century.

Portraits of Shakespeare.

Movie projector.

Old engravings with scenes from Shakespeare's plays.

The teacher explains that Shakespeare borrowed the plots, the interpretation was his.

For example, the heroes of Romeo and Juliet existed in the theater long before him.

Shakespeare borrowed plots from Greek and Roman authors.

Illustrations for the play "Romeo and Juliet".

Looking at a book with Shakespeare's works, the teacher reflects on the work of W. Shakespeare.

As a result, the teacher decides that Shakespeare's work helps her solve the problem of communicating with students.

The teacher thinks about how to convey the moral of Shakespeare's works to the students.

The students work in the classroom.

The teacher thinks about how to add an emotional impulse to the work on the play.

Close-up shots of a student and a student, the teacher discusses a modern Romeo and Juliet.

A cartoon about the relationships of the kids chosen as the main characters.

The cartoon shows an attack by hooligans on Victor, Anton and Vera.

As a result, Anton ran away, and Victor protected Vera.

The students look at photographs taken during the conflict.

The teacher discusses with the students how to behave during a conflict.

The teacher looks at photographs of the fight at home.

The teacher thinks about Anton.

Anton is arrogant, careless and self-confident.

However, he likes to show off and be the center of attention.

Contenders for the roles of Romeo and Juliet, Anton and Vera communicate in the classroom.

Victor and Vera.

The teacher thinks about who is suitable for these roles.

A collage of photographs of the film's participants.

A cartoon about the life and interests of modern youth.

A cartoon showing scenes from life in Shakespeare's time.

A continuation of the cartoon about modern youth.

Frames from cartoons about the life of modern youth and Shakespeare's time alternate.

The teacher discusses the role of the teacher in educating modern youth based on the cultural achievements of the past.

A student answers at the blackboard.

The teacher has determined for herself that the initial choice of the main characters was wrong.

She drew the students' attention to such concepts as courage and honor.

The teacher tries to teach the students to think about this moral choice on their own.

Classroom activities.

A cartoon showing a man's chivalrous attitude towards a woman.

The teacher analyzes the changes in the class.

The students are talking to each other.

Portraits of the students.

A pair of teenagers assigned to the role of Romeo and Juliet are enthusiastically talking to each other.

Scenes from the play are painted on the blinds.

The teacher believes that the students are ready for the play.

The teacher is happy that the students overcame all the difficulties and shares this with her friends.

The teacher talks to the person who helped her students the most, because he was engaged in fencing.

This teacher gave the children fencing lessons.

The main characters are rehearsing a scene from the play.

The children have achieved certain success.

Rehearsal of fencing scenes.

The teacher watches the rehearsal and is very worried about the children.

Everyone liked the rehearsal so much that the children were asked to perform again.

Portraits of the students before the start of the rehearsals of the play.

The teacher talks about the changes in herself and the students.

The teacher goes to school, her second academic year begins.

She really wants to see her students.

The teacher reflects on the problems of young teachers.

They lack self-control and have high demands on their students.

The ceremonial line-up on September 1.