The First Teacher

The first teacher
Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky
Written by Andrei Konchalovsky
Chingiz Aitmatov
Boris Dobrodeev
Starring Bolot Beyshenaliyev
Natalya Arinbasarova[1]
Music by Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov
Cinematography Georgy Rerberg
Edited by Eva Ladyzhenskaya
Production
company
Release dates
  • 1965 (1965)
Running time
102 minutes
Country Soviet Union
Language Russian

The First Teacher (Russian: Первый учитель) is a feature film by director Andrei Konchalovsky. It is his first full-length work, made after book by Chingiz Aitmatov.[2]

Plot

The action takes place in the first years of Soviet rule in the Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic, which is now Kyrgyzstan.

The Russian Civil War ended not so long ago. Young Komsomol member Dyuyshen, ex Red Army's soldier comes to the village as the teacher. His ardor and fanaticism with which he tries to bring new ideas, faces a centuries-old traditions of life in the East. The former soldier tries to spread the Leninist doctrine to this far Moslem area while villagers does not allow their children to visit school. He falls in love with a girl who is his student, but the her father sells her to a powerful and wealthy chieftain. Then school is burned down and is rebuilt using centuries old trees, being pride of local population.

Cast

Prizes and awards

References

  1. 1 2 Аринбасарова Наталья Утевлевна. teatrkinoaktera.ru
  2. "The First Teacher". Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  3. "Films: Bolot Beyshenaliyev". Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  4. "Natalya Arinbasarova". Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  5. "Idris Nogajbayev". Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  6. "Darkul Kuyukova". Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  7. "Jussi Awards for 1973". Retrieved 23 November 2015.

External links

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