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.
Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky
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Bolot Beyshenaliev
Dyuyshen, the school teacher
Natalya Arinbasarova
Altynai
Idris Nogajbayev
Narmagambet
Darkul Kuyukova
Koltynay
Kirey Zharkimbayev
Kartynbay
Klara Yusupzhanova
Asanbek Kydyrnazarov
Sovetbek Dzhumadylov
Iskender Ryskulov
Medel Maniyazov
Dzhumash Sydykbekova
Kaliycha Rysmendieva
Nasreddin Dubashev
Baken Kydykeyeva
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