The First Teacher

Overview
Cast & Crew
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The Plot

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.

Run Time

1h 40m

Genre

Drama

Release Date

31 Oct 1965

Country

Soviet Union

Language

Russian

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