A Light in the Darkness

A Light in the Darkness

A Light in the Darkness

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A Light in the Darkness

2003

1h 8m

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Drama

Overview

The film is based on the stories of the classic Yakut literature Suorun Omolloon "Light in the Dark" and "Sordooh suha" and tells about the first rudiments of education in Yakutia, about the greedy desire of the Sakha people for knowledge, for light, about the first teachers-enlighteners, political messengers and priests.

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