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7.1/10 Letterboxd Initial release November 1965 (Bishkek) Editor Yeva Ladyzhenskaya | 7.7/10 IMDb 4/5 Mubi Edited by Eva Ladyzhenskaya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by Andrei KonchalovskyChingiz AitmatovBoris Dobrodeev Starring Bolot BeyshenaliyevNatalya Arinbasarova Nominations Golden Lion, Grand Jury Prize, Volpi Cup for Best Actor Similar Ivan's Childhood, Uncle Vanya, The Ascent, Siberiade, Nine Days in One Year | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The First Teacher (Russian: Первый учитель, Pervyy uchitel) is a 1965 drama film directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. It is his first full-length work, made after book by Chingiz Aitmatov.
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Plot
The action takes place in the years from 1924 all the way to the early 1950s in the Kukureu village of the Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic, which is now Kyrgyzstan.
The Russian Civil War ended not so long ago. Young Komsomol member and a former Red Army soldier Dyuyshen comes to the village as the new teacher of the village. His enthusiasm to bring new ideas immediately faces a centuries-old tradition of life in Central Asia. The former soldier tries to improve literacy to this far Moslem area while villagers didn't allow gỉrls to attend school. He then met Altynai, a 15-year-old illiterate girl who has a burning desire to study , but her aunt sells her to a powerful and wealthy chieftain. Then school is burned down and is rebuilt using centuries old trees, being a pride to the local population.