
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.
Release Date: 10/31/1965
Runtime: 100 minutes
Languages: Russian
Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
00Companies: Mosfilm, Kirghizfilm
Countries: Soviet Union
Narmagambet

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