The Traces Go Beyond the Horizon (1965)
Zhaukhaz leaves her father's house, as custom dictates and her stepmother wishes. Zhaukhaz does not love her future husband, but she does not dare to break the old custom. Zhaukhaz, along with her husband and his parents, lives in a remote high-altitude pasture. The entire family tends a flock of collective farm sheep. The daily life of the shepherd's family is harsh, and the work is monotonous: cleaning the kennels, feeding the sheep, and, on sunny and quiet days, taking them out for grazing. The winter house is surrounded by silence. Sometimes it seems scary. On one of those days, when she fell in love with a young machine operator from Tanabay's neighboring brigade, Zhauhaz realized how vast life was and how fragile the bonds of old customs that tied her to an unloved man were.
Director: Mazhit Begalin
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Farida Sharipova as Zhaukhaz |
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Asanali Ashimov as Turar |
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Kuatbay Abdreimov as Tanabay - machine operator |
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Kauken Kenzhetayev as Father |
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Khadisha Bukeyeva as Mother |
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Rakhmetulla Salmenov as Zhaukhaz' father |
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Kamal Karmysov as |
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Khadisha Zhiyenkulova as |
| Directing | Mazhit Begalin | Director |
| Writing | Akim Tarazi | Writer |
| Sound | Eduard Khagagortyan | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Askhat Ashrapov | Director of Photography |
| Art | Sakhi Romanov | Production Design |
| Sound | Kadyr Kusaev | Sound Director |