The First Teacher
5.5(26) 1965-10-31 100 minDrama
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.
DirectorAndrei Konchalovsky
ScreenplayChinghiz Aitmatov
ScreenplayAndrei Konchalovsky
ScreenplayBoris Dobrodeev
Original Music ComposerVyacheslav Ovchinnikov
Cast & characters
Bolot Beyshenaliev
as Dyuyshen, the school teacher
Natalya Arinbasarova
as Altynai
Idris Nogajbayev
as Narmagambet
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Darkul Kuyukova
as Koltynay
Kirey Zharkimbayev
as Kartynbay
Klara Yusupzhanova
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Asanbek Kydyrnazarov
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Sovetbek Dzhumadylov
as —
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Iskender Ryskulov
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Medel Maniyazov
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Dzhumash Sydykbekova
as —
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Kaliycha Rysmendieva
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Nasreddin Dubashev
as —
Baken Kydykeyeva
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Roza Tabaldiyeva
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