The First Teacher (1965)
- Original title
- Первый учитель
- Directed by
- Andrei Konchalovsky
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 26 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
In a remote Kyrgyz village, a young teacher arrives to start a school and faces resistance from the local community. His efforts to educate the children clash with traditional customs and the harsh realities of life on the steppe.
slow-burnearnestausterecontemplativegroundedvisually starkmelancholicthoughtful
What happens
The First Teacher (Russian: Первый учитель, romanized: Pervyy uchitel) is a 1965 Ostern film directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. It is his first full-length work, based on the book by Chinghiz Aitmatov. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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