We'll Live Till Monday (1968): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 1968, We'll Live Till Monday is a drama and liebesfilm film directed by Stanislav Rostotsky, running about 106 minutes.

What it’s about. Ilya Semenovich Melnikov is a history teacher in an ordinary Soviet high school. He is a very good teacher and his students and colleagues treat him with a great deal of respect. However, Melnikov faces a lot of difficulties in his work. In particular, everybody at school is spreading rumors about Natalya Sergeyevna, an Enlish language teacher and a former student of Melnikov, being in love with him. Exhausted by his mental suffering, Melnikov asks the principal to allow him to quit his job. At the end of the week that is to become the last week of Melnikov's teaching career the students of his class write an in-class essay on how they understand happiness. Svetlana Mikhailovna, their Russian teacher, is shocked by what one of the students wrote in her essay, nevertheless, she allows her to read it in front of the class. The other students express support of their classmate. Melnikov gets involved in the conflict, after which he reconsiders his decision to quit...

Who’s in it. We'll Live Till Monday stars Vyacheslav Tikhonov as Ilya Semyonovich Melnikov - History Teacher, Nina Menshikova as Svetlana Mikhailovna - Russian Language and Literature Teacher, Irina Pechernikova as Natalya Sergeevna Gorelova - English Language Teacher and Olga Ostroumova as Rita Cherkasova, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 8.0/10, We'll Live Till Monday sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch We'll Live Till Monday page.

If you liked it. Fans of We'll Live Till Monday tend to enjoy Die Verurteilten, Der Pate, Schindlers Liste and Der Pate - Teil II.