The First Teacher
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| Directed by | Andrei Konchalovsky |
| Written by | Andrei Konchalovsky Chingiz Aitmatov Boris Dobrodeev |
| Starring | Bolot Beyshenaliyev Natalya Arinbasarova[1] |
| Music by | Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov |
| Cinematography | Georgy Rerberg |
| Edited by | Eva Ladyzhenskaya |
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| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
The First Teacher (Russian: Первый учитель) is a feature film by director Andrei Konchalovsky. It is his first full-length work, made after book by Chingiz Aitmatov.[2]
Plot
The action takes place in the first years of Soviet rule in the Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic, which is now Kyrgyzstan.
The Russian Civil War ended not so long ago. Young Komsomol member Dyuyshen, ex Red Army's soldier comes to the village as the teacher. His ardor and fanaticism with which he tries to bring new ideas, faces a centuries-old traditions of life in the East. The former soldier tries to spread the Leninist doctrine to this far Moslem area while villagers does not allow their children to visit school. He falls in love with a girl who is his student, but the her father sells her to a powerful and wealthy chieftain. Then school is burned down and is rebuilt using centuries old trees, being pride of local population.
Cast
- Bolot Beyshenaliyev as The school teacher Dyuyshen[3]
- Natalya Arinbasarova as Altynay[4]
- Idris Nogajbayev as Narmagambet[5]
- Darkul Kuyukova as Koltynay [6]
- Kirey Zharkimbayev as Kartynbay
Prizes and awards
- Silver medal and Volpi Cup for Best Actress to Venice Film Festival (1966) - Natalia Arinbasarova[1]
- Jussi Award for Best Foreign Director, Finland, 1973[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Аринбасарова Наталья Утевлевна. teatrkinoaktera.ru
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