The Old Alphabet (1987)

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 (15)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Vyacheslav Baranov

Teacher

Valentin Smirnitskiy

Rimma Markova

F

Feliksas Einas

Svetlana Tormakhova

Y

Yelena Mikhaylova

Aleksandr Sayko

Anastasiya Nemolyaeva

F

Fyokla Tolstaya

(as Anna Tolstaya)

I

Inna Zolnikova

M

Mikhail Svirin

(as Misha Svirin)

L

Leonid Porter

(as Lyonya Porter)

A

Alexey Bolshakov

(as Lyosha Bolshakov)

Aleksandr Dobrikov

(as Sasha Dobrikov)

A

Aleksei Shabanov

(as Lyosha Shabanov)

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