The First Teacher
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October 31, 1965
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Drama
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. When the school is burned down, the majestic poplar trees that are a source of local pride are cut down to rebuild the new structure.
Featured Crew
Andrei Konchalovsky
Director
Andrei Konchalovsky
Screenplay
Chinghiz Aitmatov
Screenplay
Cast
Bolot Beyshenaliev
Dyuyshen, the school teacher
Natalya Arinbasarova
Altynai
Idris Nogajbayev
Narmagambet (as Idris Nogoybayev)
Darkul Kuyukova
Koltynay
Kirey Zharkimbayev
Kartynbay (as K. Zharkimbayev)