The Old Alphabet
1987, Russian. Directed by Viktor Prokhorov.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Viktor ProkhorovDirector
- Vyacheslav BaranovTeacher
- Valentin SmirnitskiyCast
- Rimma MarkovaCast
- Feliksas EinasCast
- Svetlana TormakhovaCast
- Yelena MikhaylovaCast
- Aleksandr SaykoCast
- Anastasiya NemolyaevaCast
- Fyokla Tolstaya(as Anna Tolstaya)
- Inna ZolnikovaCast
- Mikhail Svirin(as Misha Svirin)
- Leonid Porter(as Lyonya Porter)
Details
- Released
- 1 January 1987
- Original title
- Старая азбука
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Aleksandr Aleksandrov, Anton Vasilyev
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The Old Alphabet runs 85 minutes (1h 25m).
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Which OTT platform is The Old Alphabet on?
The Old Alphabet isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1987. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Old Alphabet?
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Who directed The Old Alphabet?
The Old Alphabet (1987) was directed by Viktor Prokhorov and stars Vyacheslav Baranov, Valentin Smirnitskiy, Rimma Markova.