School of Courage

{{Infobox film

| name = School of Courage

| native_name = {{langx|ru|Школа мужества}}

| image =School of Courage.jpg

| caption =

| director = {{Plainlist|

• Vladimir Basov
• Mstislav Korchagin

}}

| producer =

| writer = {{Plainlist|

• Konstantin Semyonov
• Solomon Rozen

}}

| starring = {{Plainlist|

• Leonid Kharitonov
• Mark Bernes
• Vladimir Yemelyanov
• Nikolai Garin
• Vadim Zakharchenko

}}

| music = Mikhail Ziv

| cinematography = Timofey Lebeshev

| editing = Antonina Medvedeva

| released = {{Film date|1954}}

| studio = Mosfilm

| runtime = 99 minutes

| country = Soviet Union

| language = Russian

| budget =

}}

School of Courage ({{langx|ru|Школа мужества|Shkola Muzhestva}}) is a 1954 Soviet war/adventure film directed by Vladimir Basov and Mstislav Korchagin. It is based on the 1929 novel School by Arkady Gaidar.[https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/vladimir+basov Vladimir Basov] from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia 3rd Edition (1970-1979)Marina Surganova. [http://www.rewizor.ru/cinema/special-projects/epoha-kino/retsenzii/95-let-nazad-rodilsya-akter-i-rejisser-vladimir-basov/ 95 year ago actor/director Vladimir Basov was born] article from Rewizor.ru, 28 July 2018 (in Russian) Meant for juvenile audience, it became a 1954 Soviet box office leaders{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gM6QDAAAQBAJ&q=Shkola+muzhestva+%281954%29&pg=PA90|title=Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema|first=Peter Rollberg, George Washington|last=University|date=20 July 2016|publisher=Rowman / Littlefield|isbn=9781442268425|via=Google Books}} (10th place with 27.2 million viewers[http://megabook.ru/article/Школа_мужества School of Courage] at the Cyril and Methodius Encyclopedia). The movie was a directorial debut for Vladimir Basov and Mstislav Korchagin (who died in a plane crash right after the end of shooting[http://megabook.ru/article/Корчагин_Мстислав_Васильевич Mstislav Korchagin] at the Cyril and Methodius Encyclopedia) and an acting debut for Rolan Bykov and Leonid Kharitonov.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=njCJHBRVYU8C&q=Shkola+muzhestva+%281954%29&pg=PA151|title=Russian Children's Literature and Culture|first1=Marina|last1=Balina|first2=Larissa|last2=Rudova|author-link2=Larissa Rudova|date=1 February 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781135865566|via=Google Books}}{{cite web|url=http://russia-ic.com/people/general/b/252|title=Rolan Bykov. Russia-InfoCentre|website=russia-ic.com}}