The Old Alphabet

Original title: Старая азбука

Duration: 85 min

Release date: 1987-01-01

IMDB

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.

Drama

Старая азбука

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Vyacheslav Baranov

Vyacheslav Baranov

Valentin Smirnitskiy

Valentin Smirnitskiy

Svetlana Tormakhova

Svetlana Tormakhova

Elena Mikhailova

Elena Mikhailova

Aleksandr Sayko

Aleksandr Sayko

Anastasiya Nemolyaeva

Anastasiya Nemolyaeva

Fyokla Tolstaya

Fyokla Tolstaya

as (as Anna Tolstaya)

as (as Misha Svirin)

as (as Lyonya Porter)

Alexey Bolshakov

Alexey Bolshakov

as (as Lyosha Bolshakov)

Aleksandr Dobrikov

Aleksandr Dobrikov

as (as Sasha Dobrikov)

Aleksei Shabanov

Aleksei Shabanov

as (as Lyosha Shabanov)

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Alexander Goldstein

Alexander Goldstein

Valentin Bobrovsky

Valentin Bobrovsky

Valentin Konovalov

Valentin Konovalov

Production Design

Viktor Prokhorov

Viktor Prokhorov

Aleksandr Aleksandrov

Aleksandr Aleksandrov

Director of Photography

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