Synopsis
In post-Civil War 1923, a young Red Army veteran is sent to the mountainous Kirghiz region of Kyrgyzstan to establish the first school. The former soldier becomes a teacher, bringing Leninist doctrine to the remote Moslem area where elders forbade children to attend school. He falls in love with one of his students, but the young woman is sold by her father to a wealthy chieftain.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
26 audience votes
Key crew
- Andrei KonchalovskyDirector
- Chinghiz AitmatovScreenplay
- Andrei KonchalovskyScreenplay
- Boris DobrodeevScreenplay
- Vyacheslav OvchinnikovOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Bolot BeyshenalievDyuyshen, the school teacher
- Natalya ArinbasarovaAltynai
- Idris NogajbayevNarmagambet
- Darkul KuyukovaKoltynay
- Kirey ZharkimbayevKartynbay
- Klara YusupzhanovaCast
- Asanbek KydyrnazarovCast
- Sovetbek DzhumadylovCast
- Iskender RyskulovCast
- Medel ManiyazovCast
- Dzhumash SydykbekovaCast
- Kaliycha RysmendievaCast
Stills
Themes
educationteacher student relationship1920skyrgyzstanmarxist-leninist