The Minaret of Death

Overview

Based on an old Bukharan mythical tale from the 16th century. Dzhemal, daughter of the Khiva khan, and her milk sister Selekha set off from Bukhara to Khiva. On the way the caravan is attacked by robbers. The ataman of the gang Kur-bashi is struck by Dzhemal's beauty, but the girl rejects the brigand's love. His concubine Gul-Saryk, jealous of her new rival, helps the girls escape...

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 25, 1924

Original language

Uzbek

Spoken languages

Uzbek

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Lenfilm,Bukhkino

Cast

Valentina Baranova,Zana Zanoni,Boris Medvedev,Aleksey Bogdanovskiy,N. Dzhalilov,M. Karpovskiy,Iona Talanov,Oleg Frelikh,Sergey Shklyarevskiy,Olga Spirovaand 2 more

Director

Vyacheslav Viskovsky

Writer

Aleksandr Balagin,Vyacheslav Viskovsky

Cinematography

Svyatoslav Belyayev,Friedrich Verago-Darovsky

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt11902640