The Old Alphabet (1987)

5.3/10 85 min Drama

Overview

A rural teacher, whose letters to Leo Tolstoy are read in the movie, sees the meaning of his work not just in teaching children to read and write, but in the education of human personality.

Cast

Vyacheslav Baranov

Teacher

Valentin Smirnitskiy

Rimma Markova

Svetlana Tormakhova

Aleksandr Sayko

Anastasiya Nemolyaeva

Aleksandr Dobrikov

(as Sasha Dobrikov)

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