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The Old Alphabet

1987·85 min

The Old Alphabet

Directed by Viktor Prokhorov

Drama

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.

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Vyacheslav Baranov

Teacher

Valentin Smirnitskiy

Crew

Aleksandr Aleksandrov

Writer

Writer

Director of Photography

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Svetlana Tormakhova

Elena Mikhailova

Aleksandr Sayko

Anastasiya Nemolyaeva

Fyokla Tolstaya

(as Anna Tolstaya)

(as Misha Svirin)

(as Lyonya Porter)

Alexey Bolshakov

(as Lyosha Bolshakov)

Aleksandr Dobrikov

(as Sasha Dobrikov)

Aleksei Shabanov

(as Lyosha Shabanov)

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The Old Alphabet (1987) is about 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.

Who directed The Old Alphabet?

Viktor Prokhorov directed The Old Alphabet (1987).

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