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The First Teacher

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.

Top Cast

  • Bolot Beyshenaliev

    Bolot Beyshenaliev

    Dyuyshen, the school teacher

  • Natalya Arinbasarova

    Natalya Arinbasarova

    Altynai

  • Idris Nogajbayev

    Idris Nogajbayev

    Narmagambet

  • Darkul Kuyukova

    Darkul Kuyukova

    Koltynay

  • Kirey Zharkimbayev

    Kirey Zharkimbayev

    Kartynbay

  • Klara Yusupzhanova

    Klara Yusupzhanova

  • Asanbek Kydyrnazarov

    Asanbek Kydyrnazarov

  • Sovetbek Dzhumadylov

    Sovetbek Dzhumadylov

  • Iskender Ryskulov

    Iskender Ryskulov

Overview

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.

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