The First Teacher

(1965)

★ 5.5 IMDb · 26 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1965

Runtime: 102 мин

Country: Soviet Union

Director: Андрей Кончаловский

Cast: Болот Бейшеналиев, Наталия Аринбасарова, Idris Nogajbayev, Darkul Kuyukova, Кирей Жаркимбаев, Клара Юсупжанова, Asanbek Kydyrnazarov, Советбек Джумадылов, Искендер Рыскулов, Медель Маниязов

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.