Sergey DvortsevoyCast
Askhat Kuchinchirekov Tolepbergen Baisakalov Samal Yeslyamova Ondassyn Bessikbassov Bereke Turganbayev Nurzhigit Zhapabayev
Credits
Written by: Sergei Dvortsevoy
Plot
A young sailor returns from the navy to the Kazakh steppe, hoping to become a shepherd and marry a girl named Tulpan, in a mix of comedy and harsh realism.
Sinekatalog’s take
A funny, humane and beautiful steppe film.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (3,496 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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