Castles in the Sand
7.9
One of the highest achievements of the new wave of Kirghiz cinema, which emerged in the mid-1960s. This story of a boy building sandcastles on the shores of the Issyk-Kul Lake becomes a documentary parable on the tensions between an artist and society.
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Algimantas Vidugiris Director · Yakov Bronstein Director
First release June 1, 1968 · Produced in Russia · Languages Kyrgyz, Russian
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Kirghizfilm
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Kyrgyzfilm
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Russia
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Original title
Замки на песке
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Kyrgyz · Russian
Release dates
Poland · June 1, 1968
Cracow Film Festival
Russia · August 31, 1968
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No release date listed for United States.
Germany
July 5, 1971 · TV premiere
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