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The First Teacher (1965)
Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky
Drama · 1h 40m
In post-Civil War 1923, a young Red Army veteran is sent to the mountainous Kirghiz region of Kyrgyzstan to establish the first school. The former soldier becomes a teacher, bringing Leninist doctrine to the remote Moslem area where elders forbade children to attend school. He falls in love with one of his students, but the young woman is sold by her father to a wealthy chieftain.
Cast
Bolot Beyshenaliev
Dyuyshen, the school teacher
Natalya Arinbasarova
Altynai
Idris Nogajbayev
Narmagambet
D
Darkul Kuyukova
Koltynay
Kirey Zharkimbayev
Kartynbay
Klara Yusupzhanova
A
Asanbek Kydyrnazarov
Sovetbek Dzhumadylov
I
Iskender Ryskulov
M
Medel Maniyazov
D
Dzhumash Sydykbekova
K
Kaliycha Rysmendieva
Crew
- Director
- Andrei Konchalovsky
- Screenplay
- Chinghiz Aitmatov, Andrei Konchalovsky, Boris Dobrodeev
- Director of Photography
- Georgi Rerberg
- Original Music Composer
- Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov
- Editor
- Yeva Ladyzhenskaya
Details
- Original title
- Первый учитель
- Release date
- 1965-10-31
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- RU
- Spoken languages
- Russian
- Countries
- Soviet Union
- Production
- Mosfilm, Kirghizfilm