Worship the Fire
7.2
Kyrgyzstan, the 1920s. In a remote mountain village, against the will of the local elites and in defiance of centuries-old traditions, a woman—Urkuya Salieva—is elected chair of the agricultural cooperative. Salieva is determined to build a new life with an uncompromising resolve against anyone who would obstruct the poor, a stance unusual for a woman.
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Tattybyubyu Tursunbayeva
Urkuya Saliyeva
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Iskender Ryskulov
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Sabira Kumushaliyeva
Bubukan
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Suimenkul Chokmorov
Utur-Usta
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Dersu Uzala
Bolot Beyshenaliev
Azizov
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Andrei Rublev
The Red and the White
Muratbek Ryskulov
Azhi
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The Forty-First
Asanbek Kydyrnazarov
Smaly
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The First Teacher
Mother's Field
Sovetbek Dzhumadylov
Moydunov
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The First Teacher
Nasreddin Dubashev
Murza
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Japar Sadykov
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Tolomush Okeev Director · Tashtan Ermatov Composer Kadyrzhan Kydyraliyev Cinematographer
First release December 25, 1972 · Produced in Russia · Original title Поклонись огню
Production
Kirghizfilm
Production
Russia
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Languages
Original title
Поклонись огню
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · December 25, 1972
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Hungary
February 13, 1979 · TV
Poland
November 5, 1973 · Theatrical
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