The Old Alphabet

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The Old Alphabet (1987)

Directed by Viktor Prokhorov

Drama · 1h 25m

A rural teacher, whose letters to Leo Tolstoy are read in the movie, sees the meaning of his work not just in teaching children to read and write, but in the education of human personality.

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Cast

Vyacheslav Baranov Teacher Valentin Smirnitskiy Rimma Markova
F
Feliksas Einas Svetlana Tormakhova
Y
Yelena Mikhaylova Aleksandr Sayko Anastasiya Nemolyaeva
F
Fyokla Tolstaya (as Anna Tolstaya)
I
Inna Zolnikova
M
Mikhail Svirin (as Misha Svirin)
L
Leonid Porter (as Lyonya Porter)

Crew

Director
Viktor Prokhorov
Writer
Aleksandr Aleksandrov, Anton Vasilyev
Novel
Leo Tolstoy
Director of Photography
Oleg Martynov

Details

Original title
Старая азбука
Release date
1987-01-01
Runtime
1h 25m
Genres
Drama
Original language
RU
Spoken languages
Russian
Countries
Soviet Union
Production
Mosfilm