The First Teacher

The First Teacher — Plot

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.

• Release date
• October 31, 1965
• Runtime
• 100 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Andrei Konchalovsky

The First Teacher — Cast

Bolot Beyshenaliev Dyuyshen, the school teacher Natalya Arinbasarova Altynai Idris Nogajbayev Narmagambet

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Darkul Kuyukova Koltynay Kirey Zharkimbayev Kartynbay Klara Yusupzhanova

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Asanbek Kydyrnazarov Sovetbek Dzhumadylov