The First Teacher

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Andrei Konchalovsky

Writers

Andrei Tarkovsky, Boris Dobrodeev, N. Rudakova

Language

Russian

Country

Soviet Union

Release date

31 October 1965

Ensemble

Cast

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  Bolot Beyshenaliev

  Dyuyshen, the school teacher

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  Natalya Arinbasarova

  Altynai

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  Idris Nogajbayev

  Narmagambet

• Darkul Kuyukova

  Koltynay

• Kirey Zharkimbayev

  Kartynbay

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  Klara Yusupzhanova

• Asanbek Kydyrnazarov

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  Sovetbek Dzhumadylov

• Iskender Ryskulov

• Medel Maniyazov

• Dzhumash Sydykbekova

• Kaliycha Rysmendieva