A girl from a tiny mountain village with narrow, walled-in streets and steep, slippery paths lost her mother. Her childhood, spent in her aunt's house, was marked by hunger and poverty. When a tax collector from the powerful and cruel Azizkhan (played by G. Niyazov) arrived in the village, her aunt had no money to pay, so she gave up her niece. And they brought Azizkhan a herd of five goats, a couple of calves, and a thin, frail girl named Nissi, who was destined to become a concubine. The girl decided to run away or perish...
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Galia Pulatova
Nisso
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Yuriy Nazarov
Alexander Medvedev
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Andrei Rublev
Mirror
Boris Seredin
Revolutionary Committee Chairman Shvetsov
Kurban Kholov
Village Council Chairman Bakhtior
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Horses Under the Moon
Miassara Aminova
Mariam, teacher
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Hasan Arbakesh
Peaceful Time
Maksud Imatshoev
Also in
Roads of Fire
Fire Under the Ashes
Mushrafa Kasymova
Gyulriz, Bakhtior's mother
Also in
Taste of Khalva
Afghan Breakdown
Gazi Niyazov
Azizkhan
Also in
Peaceful Time
M. Khojikulov
agent Kendyri
Also in
The Airport Incident
Fire Under the Ashes
Spartak Bagashvili
Bobo-Kalon
Known for
The Color of Pomegranates
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Makhmud Takhiri
Mirzo-khur
Also in
Code of Silence. On the Dark Side of the Moon
Look with Fun
Marat Aripov Director · Leonid Rutitskiy Writer Pavel Luknitsky Author
First release August 1, 1966 · Produced in Russia · Languages Russian, Tajik
Production
Tajikfilm
Production
Russia
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Original title
Нисо
Original language
Tajik
Spoken on screen
Russian · Tajik
Release dates
Russia · August 1, 1966
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No release date listed for United States.
Russia
March 6, 1967 · Theatrical
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