The First Teacher (1965)
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.
Director:
Andrei Konchalovsky
Writers:
Boris Dobrodeev, Andrei Konchalovsky, Chinghiz Aitmatov.
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Bolot Beyshenaliev as Dyuyshen, the school teacher |
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Natalya Arinbasarova as Altynai |
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Idris Nogajbayev as Narmagambet |
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Darkul Kuyukova as Koltynay |
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Kirey Zharkimbayev as Kartynbay |
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Klara Yusupzhanova as |
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Asanbek Kydyrnazarov as |
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Sovetbek Dzhumadylov as |
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Iskender Ryskulov as |
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Medel Maniyazov as |
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Dzhumash Sydykbekova as |
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Kaliycha Rysmendieva as |
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Nasreddin Dubashev as |
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Baken Kydykeyeva as |
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Roza Tabaldiyeva as |
| Directing | Andrei Konchalovsky | Director |
| Writing | Boris Dobrodeev | Screenplay |
| Writing | Andrei Konchalovsky | Screenplay |
| Editing | Yeva Ladyzhenskaya | Editor |
| Writing | Chinghiz Aitmatov | Screenplay |
| Art | Mikhail Romadin | Production Design |
| Camera | Georgi Rerberg | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mikhail Romadin | Costume Design |
| Writing | Andrei Tarkovsky | Writers' Assistant |
| Sound | Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov | Conductor |
| Sound | Yevgeni Kashkevich | Sound Director |
| Sound | S. Katsenelenbogen | Sound Director |
| Directing | A. Kirgizbaev | Assistant Director |
| Directing | I. Olshanetskiy | Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Boris Travkin | VFX Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | V. Belyakova | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Musa Abdiyev | Costume Design |
| Camera | A. Koshmuratov | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | V. Aristanov | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Yu. Lyubimenko | First Assistant Director |
| Writing | N. Rudakova | Script Editor |
| Camera | Vladimir Osherov | Camera Operator |
| Production | Mikhail Volovik | Executive Producer |
| Production | I. Abdykulov | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Chinghiz Aitmatov | Book |
