The First Teacher

The First Teacher (1965)

Drama

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 Konchalovsky
Writers: Andrei Konchalovsky, Chinghiz Aitmatov, Boris Dobrodeev.

Casts

	Bolot Beyshenaliev as Dyuyshen, the school teacher
	Natalya Arinbasarova as Altynai
	Idris Nogajbayev as Narmagambet
	Darkul Kuyukova as Koltynay
	Kirey Zharkimbayev as Kartynbay
	Klara Yusupzhanova as
	Asanbek Kydyrnazarov as
	Sovetbek Dzhumadylov as
	Iskender Ryskulov as
	Medel Maniyazov as
	Dzhumash Sydykbekova as
	Kaliycha Rysmendieva as
	Nasreddin Dubashev as
	Baken Kydykeyeva as
	Roza Tabaldiyeva as

Crew