Follows the construction of the Fergana Canal, which employed 170 thousand people, and Usman Yusupov was given a very specific task - in 45 days, a 270-kilometer-long canal should provide water to the cotton fields.
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Georgy Saakyan
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Stepan Mikoyan
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Damir Salimov Director · Ramiz Fataliyev Writer Khatam Faiziyev Cinematographer
First release December 1, 1987 · Produced in Russia · Original title Смысл жизни
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Uzbekfilm
Production
Russia
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Original title
Смысл жизни
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · December 1, 1987
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No release date listed for United States.
Russia
February 1, 1988 · Theatrical
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