Drama
The Old Alphabet
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.
Directed by Viktor Prokhorov
53
User score
3 votes
Status
Released
Released
January 1, 1987
Runtime
1h 25m
Language
Russian
Top cast
Vyacheslav Baranov
Teacher
Valentin Smirnitskiy
Rimma Markova
Feliksas Einas
Svetlana Tormakhova
Elena Mikhailova
Aleksandr Sayko
Anastasiya Nemolyaeva
Fyokla Tolstaya
(as Anna Tolstaya)
Inna Zolnikova
Mikhail Svirin
(as Misha Svirin)
Leonid Porter
(as Lyonya Porter)
Alexey Bolshakov
(as Lyosha Bolshakov)
Aleksandr Dobrikov
(as Sasha Dobrikov)
Aleksei Shabanov
(as Lyosha Shabanov)
