Pervyy uchitel

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1966-08-15

Languages:

Russian

Countries:

Soviet Union

Runtime:

102 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (241 Reviews)

Director:

Andrei Konchalovsky

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Bolot Beyshenaliev Natalya Arinbasarova Idris Nogajbayev Darkul Kuyukova

Writer:

Chingiz Aitmatov (story)

Chingiz Aitmatov (screenplay)

Boris Dobrodeyev (screenplay)

Andrei Konchalovsky (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Soviet Union, near the Chinese border, 1923. A stranger has just come in this little country village. He is a teacher, sent by the Communist Party to teach the ignorant masses. But the countrymen are to help him, and even to let their children go and "sleep" at school instead of giving a hand. There is only, Altynai, an orphan, to seem fascinated by the teacher and his knowledge.

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