Soviet Western where the real showdown is against hunger itself.
In the besieged town of Khojent, famine begins. The leaders of the revolutionary committee, Kozyrev, Sattar, and Alim, with the help of the chief mullah of the mosque, Abdulrahman-khan, win over the local residents, defeat a group of bandits, and bring back bread to the starving people.
Production
Khojent location shooting gives grim authenticity.
Acting
Bolot Beyshenaliev brings weary gravitas to famine politics.
Direction
Khamidov merges peplum spectacle with socialist realist duty.
Director
Sukhbat Khamidov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Produced during Brezhnev's 'developed socialism' era, when Central Asian cinema served to legitimize Soviet modernization narratives through local collaborators.
Bolot Beyshenaliev, the film's moral anchor, was Kyrgyzstan's first internationally recognized actor—he played the same weary integrity in over forty Soviet productions.
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