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Cast

Bolot Beyshenaliev

Bolot Beyshenaliev

Dyuyshen, the school teacher

Natalya Arinbasarova

Natalya Arinbasarova

Altynai

Idris Nogajbayev

Idris Nogajbayev

Narmagambet (as Idris Nogoybayev)

Darkul Kuyukova

Darkul Kuyukova

Koltynay

Kirey Zharkimbayev

Kirey Zharkimbayev

Kartynbay (as K. Zharkimbayev)

Asanbek Kydyrnazarov

Asanbek Kydyrnazarov

Sovetbek Dzhumadylov

Sovetbek Dzhumadylov

Iskender Ryskulov

Iskender Ryskulov

Medel Maniyazov

Medel Maniyazov

Georgiy Vitsin

Georgiy Vitsin

voice (Kartinbai)

Yevgeni Vesnik

Yevgeni Vesnik

voice (bai Narmagambet)

Crew

Andrei Konchalovsky

Andrei Konchalovsky

Director

Boris Dobrodeev

Boris Dobrodeev

Screenplay

Andrei Konchalovsky

Andrei Konchalovsky

Screenplay

Yeva Ladyzhenskaya

Yeva Ladyzhenskaya

Editor

Chinghiz Aitmatov

Chinghiz Aitmatov

Screenplay

Mikhail Romadin

Mikhail Romadin

Production Design

Georgi Rerberg

Georgi Rerberg

Director of Photography

Yevgeni Kashkevich

Yevgeni Kashkevich

Sound

Mikhail Romadin

Mikhail Romadin

Costume Design

Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov

Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov

Music

Maxim Volovik

Maxim Volovik

Production Manager

Andrei Tarkovsky

Andrei Tarkovsky

Writers' Assistant

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The First Teacher

19655.4 / 10102 min
Drama

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. When the school is burned down, the majestic poplar trees that are a source of local pride are cut down to rebuild the new structure.