# We'll Live Till Monday

We'll Live Till Monday ({Russian Доживём до понедельника, translit. Dozhivyom do ponedelnika) is a 1968 Soviet romantic drama film about a schoolteacher who faces a moral crisis.
    Directed by Stanislav Rostotsky. Written by Georgi Polonsky.

## Ilya Semyonovich Melnikov

* History is the science that makes a person a citizen!
* Every now and then I hear: “Jaurès did not take into account”, “Hertzen failed”, “Tolstoy misunderstood”... As if a squad of losers were operating in history!
* Have you ever thought about the great role of paper? We must bow to her boundless patience! You can write on it: [quoting Aleksandr Pushkin.] “The dark of night is lying on the Georgian hills,” or you can write a slander against your neighbor... You can rewrite your dissertation — to remove one name, one fact, to change the interpretation... If you have a paper, why not do it? It will endure everything! But the souls of us and our kids aren't made of paper, Kolya!..
* Next time we'll talk about the December armed uprising, and I hope you don't burn down the school before that.

## Natasha Gorelova

* It’s impossible to explain happiness... It’s like pinning a sunbeam to paper.

## Gena Shestopal

* Happiness is when you are understood.
* A person needs a state of falling in love. With someone or something. Always. All the way. Otherwise, life is not interesting.

## Other characters

* In general, Russia was terribly unlucky with its tsars after Peter the Great. This is my personal opinion.
* My daughter gets C grades in your discipline systematically, this is surprising and alarming, because history is not mathematics, you don’t need to be a genius.

## Dialogue

    Nikolai Borisovich: You want to rest? To nurse your honesty? Let others build? And after we've finished building, you'll refrain from shaking our hands, saying, "You've gotten your hands dirty."
    Melnikov: Depending on the kind of dirt, I might not want to shake hands.
    Nikolai Borisovich: Exactly. That sums you up nicely.
    Pupil: There are only fifteen lines about him in the textbook...
    Melnikov: Is fifteen lines a lot or a bit? For most people, all that remains is a dash between two dates.
    Melnikov's mother: Why are you worried, you yourself said that if a person is stupid, it's for a long time.
    Melnikov: It was Voltaire who said, not me.
    TV host: First of all, it is necessary to determine what the soul is.
    Melnikov's mother: Will he really determine it?
    Pupil girl: Didn’t you receive anything from my dad? Any letter?
    Melnikov: I did. And this is what I ask you to tell him!
    Pupil girl: No need, Ilya Semyonovich! Actually, don't pay any attention! He writes letters like this to everyone...
    Melnikov: To whom - to everyone?
    Pupil girl: To everyone... Even to the Minister of Culture. Why are actors filmed in such poses in movies...

## Cast

* Vyacheslav Tikhonov - Ilya Semyonovich Melnikov — History Teacher
* Irina Pechernikova - Natalya Sergeevna Gorelova — English Language Teacher, formerly Melnikov's student
* Nina Menshikova - Svetlana Mikhailovna — Russian Language and Literature Teacher
* Mikhail Zimin - Nikolai Borisovich — School Principal
* Nadir Malishevsky - TV Show Host
* Dalvin Shcherbakov - Borya Rudnitsky, formerly Melnikov's student
* Olga Zhiznyeva - Melnikov's Mother
* Lyudmila Arkharova - Nadya Ogarysheva, pupil
* Valeriy Zubarev - Genka Shestopal, pupil
* Olga Ostroumova - Rita Cherkasova, pupil
* Igor Starygin - Kostya Batishchev, pupil
* Roza Grigoryeva - Sveta Demidova, pupil
* Yuri Chernov - Syromyatnikov, pupil
* Lyubov Sokolova - Levikova
* Arkadi Listarov - Vova Levikov, pupil

## External links

* We'll Live Till Monday quotes at the Internet Movie Database