The film tells about the people who built a full-flowing river in the very heart of the Black Desert — the Karakum Canal, linking the waters of the Amu Darya and the Caspian Sea. Life and work in the desert are far from easy, yet the film focuses not on the harshness of everyday life but on the moral atmosphere within the working collective.
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15 people
Mered Atakhanov
Soyun-aga
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Jamal's Tree
The Road of the Burning Van
Tanrykuli Seitkuliyev
Mervan
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The Road of the Burning Van
Red Sands
Alla Tumanian
Jemal
Known for
Tangerine
The Accursed
Khodzha Durdy Narliyev
Ashir
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Офицеры
Ermak
Rayisa Nedashkivska
Ayna
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The Commissar
Song of the Forest
Dzheren Ishankuliyeva
Gerek
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The Unlucky Indian Woman
Wilder
Baba Annanov
Nepes Saryevich
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Capture
A Person Changes Skin
Anatoly Vedyonkin
Viktor Orlov
Also in
A Person Changes Skin
One Time Deal
Н. Мередов
Shamil
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Antonina Rustamova
Shirin
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Dovran's Adventures
Vows of Our Childhood
Shukur Kuliyev
nurse
Also in
Wilder
A Horseman is Always A Horseman
Лидия Котовщикова
aunt Pasha
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Mukhamed Soyunkhanov Director · Ajdar Ibrahimov Writer Margarita Maleyeva Writer
First release January 1, 1973 · Produced in Russia · Original title Надо любить
Production
Turkmenfilm
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Russia
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Original title
Надо любить
Original language
Russian
Release dates
Russia · January 1, 1973
TV
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