Figure 1.--"Kevade" is aonderful look at the life of children in Tsarist Estonia. Here boys are skating and having fun in a winter time recess at school.

The costuming of "Kevade" appears to be authentic although we can't tell the colors since the film is shot in black and white. The costuming is not particularly remarkable. Some of the boys wear tight long trousers with boots because of the snow and cold weather while other boys wear knee pants with long black stockings. No age difference between the two styles obtains. It seems to be a matter or parental choice, and there is no teasing of the boys because they are in knee pants. It is just a style of the period. One of the teachers plays the violin, which he eventually gives as a Christmas present to Arno, who is the most sensitive, reflective and artistic boy in the school.