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Sverdlovsk Film Studio

The Clouds Are Parting

1959 87 min Russian
Wubly rating 6.3 IMDb rating 5.8

A large Caucasian family is expecting a new addition – Khanu is pregnant. Bashir, the head of the family, doesn’t want any more daughters — he already has three — and tells his wife that he will throw her out if a girl is born. No matter how much Khanu prays to God, fate cannot be changed. A daughter is born. At the instigation of the fortune‑teller Aishat, Khanu’s mother, Nurzhan, switches the girl for a boy who was born at the same time to a neighbour...

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Nikolai Zhukov Director · Nikolay Polenkov Director

First release January 1, 1959 · Produced in Russia · Original title Тучи покидают небо

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Тучи покидают небо

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Russian

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Russian

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Russia · January 1, 1959

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Russia · January 1, 1959

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April 8, 1960 · Theatrical

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