00:00a boy took out his slingshot and aimed at hitler's portrait hanging on the wall he
00:03decisively shot a
00:04stone and the portrait fell down revealing pushkin's portrait behind it the teacher quickly
00:08picked up pushkin's portrait leaving hitler's on the floor just then a german officer walked into
00:13the classroom and immediately saw hitler's portrait lying on the ground to protect the
00:16children the teacher lied saying the portrait had accidentally fallen but the officer didn't
00:21believe him he extended his baton and ordered the teacher to take pushkin's portrait and follow him
00:25outside the officer then placed pushkin's portrait in front of a stone monument loaded his gun and
00:30ordered the teacher to shoot the portrait but for a soviet teacher this was an enormous humiliation
00:34they even filmed the entire process with a camera to ruin the teacher's reputation the teacher held
00:39the pistol and slowly walked toward pushkin's portrait but suddenly he realized his students
00:42were watching him he begged the officer through the camera to let the students leave but the officer
00:47immediately lost his patience they punched and kicked the teacher grabbed his tie and dragged him in front
00:51of pushkin's portrait in his pain the teacher remembered a line from pushkin's poetry if life
00:56deceives you do not be sad so the teacher raised the pistol and deliberately missed hitting the
01:00bottom of the portrait instead this made the officer even more furious they threatened that if
01:04the teacher didn't shoot they would make his students do it out of fear the teacher finally shot
01:08the portrait his reputation was completely destroyed the officer left satisfied with the footage
01:13and published the video in the newspaper to humiliate the teacher the teacher slowly stood up and put
01:17on a hat symbolizing resistance he silently vowed to avenge pushkin
