The First Teacher
19651h 40m5.5/10RU
Dyuishen is assigned to the mountainous Kirghiz region of Central Asia by the Young Communist League after he is discharged from the Red Army. It is 1923 and the Civil war has ended. The former soldier becomes a teacher, bringing the Leninist doctrine to the remote Moslem area where elders did not allow children to go to school. He falls in love with one of his students, but the young woman is sold by her father to a wealthy chieftain.
Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
Writer: Boris Dobrodeev, Andrei Konchalovsky, Chinghiz Aitmatov
Cast: Bolot Beyshenaliev, Natalya Arinbasarova, Idris Nogajbayev, Darkul Kuyukova, Kirey Zharkimbayev, Klara Yusupzhanova, Asanbek Kydyrnazarov, Sovetbek Dzhumadylov
Country: Soviet Union
