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Poster of “Early Cranes”

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Early Cranes

1979

Year
1979
Director
Bolotbek Shamshiyev
Adaptation of Chingiz Aitmatov's novella, set in a Kyrgyz village during the war and centred on the teenager Sultanmurat.

1970–1979 · Poetry and morality

Cast

Sources

  1. bigenc.ru — БРЭ: 1979, Шамшиев · checked October 29, 2026
  2. dic.academic.ru — Фильмография Шамшиева: 1979 · checked October 29, 2026
  3. kaktus.media — 1979; главный приз ВКФ в Душанбе (1980) · checked October 29, 2026
  4. thecinematheque.ca — The Cinematheque (Ванкувер): Early Cranes, СССР, реж. Шамшиев, по роману Айтматова, сеттинг; год указан 1980 · checked October 29, 2026disputed
  5. en.wikipedia.org — Early Cranes (1980): Чокморов в роли отца · checked October 29, 2026disputed

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