The First Teacher honoured in Venice
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Andrei Konchalovsky's The First Teacher (1965), made at Kirgizfilm, received a silver medal at the 1966 Venice Film Festival, and Natalya Arinbasarova won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress.
Sources
- bigenc.ru — BRE: silver medal and Volpi Cup (N. U. Arinbasarova), Venice 1966 · checked October 29, 2026
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