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    The Old Alphabet

    85'

    1987-01-01

    5.3

    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.

    DirectingViktor ProkhorovWritingAleksandr Aleksandrov

    Cast

    1

    Teacher

    Vyacheslav Baranov

    1

    Valentin Smirnitskiy

    1

    Rimma Markova

    1

    Feliksas Einas

    1

    Svetlana Tormakhova

    1

    Yelena Mikhaylova

    1

    Aleksandr Sayko

    1

    Anastasiya Nemolyaeva

    1

    (as Anna Tolstaya)

    Fyokla Tolstaya

    1

    Inna Zolnikova

    1

    (as Misha Svirin)

    Mikhail Svirin

    1

    (as Lyonya Porter)

    Leonid Porter

    1

    (as Lyosha Bolshakov)

    Alexey Bolshakov

    1

    (as Sasha Dobrikov)

    Aleksandr Dobrikov

    1

    (as Lyosha Shabanov)

    Aleksei Shabanov

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Soviet Union
    • List of languages:
      1. Russian
    • List of companies:
      1. Mosfilm
    • Vote Count: 3
    • Popularity: 0.3606
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Старая азбука

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