The Minaret of Death
63 mins
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...
Nadezhda Vendelin
Dzhemal
Valentina Baranova
Selekha
N. Dzhalilov
Kur-Bashi
Olga Spirova
Gyul-Saryk
Aleksey Bogdanovskiy
Endzhin-khan - Emir Bukhara
Sergey Shklyarevskiy
Robber
Boris Medvedev
Robber
Aleksei Utkin
Production Design
Aleksandr Balagin
Writer
Svyatoslav Belyayev
Director of Photography
Friedrich Verago-Darovsky
Director of Photography