The First Teacher

The First Teacher

1965 · 100 min · ★ 5.5 · Drama

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.

Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky · Written by Andrei Konchalovsky

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Bolot Beyshenaliev Dyuyshen, the school teacher
Natalya Arinbasarova Altynai
Idris Nogajbayev Narmagambet
Darkul Kuyukova Koltynay
Kirey Zharkimbayev Kartynbay
Klara Yusupzhanova
Asanbek Kydyrnazarov
Sovetbek Dzhumadylov
Iskender Ryskulov
Medel Maniyazov
Dzhumash Sydykbekova
Kaliycha Rysmendieva

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