Sultanmurat is a 14 year old boy who lives in a small Kyrgyz village. All the men have gone off to war so he is left alone to tend to the horses who are weak with hunger.
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Emil Boronchiyev
Sultanmurat
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Altynai Abdiyeva
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Akyl Kulambayev
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Bolotbek Shamshiyev Director · Chinghiz Aitmatov Story Aleksandr Knaifel Composer
First release February 18, 1980 · Produced in Russia · Languages Kyrgyz, Russian
Production
Lenfilm
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Kirghizfilm
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Russia
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Original title
Ранние журавли
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Kyrgyz · Russian
Release dates
Russia · February 18, 1980
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