A Star In The Night (1973)
Ahmad Donish, a scholar and educator, an outstanding Tajik writer and thinker of the 19th century, envoy of the Bukhara Emirate to Russia, who did much to bring the Russian and Tajik peoples closer together and to introduce progressive democratic ideas to Central Asia—the authors dedicate this film to him.
Directors: Igor Usov, Abdusalom Rakhimov.
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Makhmudzhan Vakhidov as Ахмед Дониш |
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Abdulkhair Kasymov as Абулькасым |
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Ato Mukhamedzhanov as Emir Muzaffar |
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Vladlen Davydov as Стасов |
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Sergei Karnovich-Valua as Горчаков |
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Pantelejmon Krymov as Верещагин |
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Bruno Frejndlikh as Struve |
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Grigoriy Shpigel as official Stremoukhov Sr. |
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Galina Vishnevskaya as Adelina Patti |
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Serhii Dvoretskyi as Kazimbek |
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Gurmindzh Zavkibekov as Kilichbek |
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Anvar Turaev as Savdo |
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Yakov Golyakov as Khan |
| Sound | Nikolai Martynov | Music |
| Directing | Igor Usov | Director |
| Directing | Abdusalom Rakhimov | Director |
| Writing | Valentin Maksimenkov | Writer |
| Art | Natalya Toreyeva | Production Design |
| Art | Mikhail Ivanov | Production Design |
| Camera | Alexander Dibrivny | Director of Photography |