Film

Third in the Fifth Row

1984 · Drama

Vera Matveeva used to be a schoolteacher, but now she is retired and lives with her granddaughter Elizaveta. Looking at her grandmother's photos of her students, the girl notices a smiling boy in one of them. The third boy in the fifth row was Vanya Belov. Her grandmother told her granddaughter many stories about his jokes and pranks. And Liza liked the boy. The girl sensed something in him that her teacher did not remember: Ivan Belov became a hero and died a brave death in 1945. The television film "Third in the Fifth Row" is based on the novel of the same name by Anatoly Alexin.

Yuri Grebenshchikov

Ekaterina Markova

Alla Meshcheryakova

Alla Pokrovskaya

Yuri Lemeshev

• Eugen DogaOriginal Music Composer

Release date

January 1, 1984

Status

Released

Original language

Russian

Genres

Drama