6.7
The First Teacher (1965)
October 31, 19651h 40mRU
5.2
24 votes
Overview
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.
Director
Andrei KonchalovskyTop Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
Russian
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
MosfilmKirghizfilm
