A young singer from Buryat-Mongolian collective farm is sent to Moscow to study. Despite his strong voice, he fails a music exam. After the police station he becomes a soloist in a choir and a police sergeant, while studying music reading and dreaming of a conservatory.
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Vladimir Manketov
Tumen Zhargalov
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Dilorom Djurabaeva-Sosnovskaya
Seseg
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Muratbek Ryskulov
Badma
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Vitali Doronin
Vitaliy Ivanovich Bugrov
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Afanasi Belov
Vasily Ivanovich Konkin
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Aleksandra Popova
Lidiya Ivanovna Tsvetkova
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Lev Durov
Kozlov
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Dagba Dondukov
herdsman
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Svetlana Druzhinina
young woman at the conservatory
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Lyudmila Naryshkina
member of the admissions committee
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Boris Novikov
Sidorov
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Mikhail Orlov
Bobrov
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Andrey Frolov Director · Dashirabdan Batozhabai Writer Vasiliy Solovev-Sedoy Composer
First release March 12, 1957 · Produced in Russia · Original title Песня табунщика
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Mosfilm
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Russia
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Original title
Песня табунщика
Original language
Russian
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Russian
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Russia · March 12, 1957
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No release date listed for United States.
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