Batyr of the Steppes (1942)
After several days of the offensive, the Red Army detachment settles down to rest. At a halt, the warrior Kuregen tells his comrades-in-arms the story of the feat of the legendary Kazakh batyr Tolagai, who sacrificed his life for the people's good a thousand years ago.
Directors: Grigoriy Roshal, Vera Stroyeva.
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Kapan Badyrov as Kuregen |
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Zhagda Oguzbayev as Tolagai |
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Yevgeni Nemchenko as Commander |
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Kalibek Kuanyshbayev as Tolagai's father |
| Camera | Aleksandr Ptushko | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Grigoriy Roshal | Director |
| Directing | Vera Stroyeva | Director |
| Writing | Leonid Zhezhelenko | Writer |
| Writing | Abdilda Tazhibayev | Writer |
| Camera | Galina Pyshkova | Director of Photography |
| Art | Fyodor Bernshtam | Production Design |