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A children's film based on a Kazakh folk tale.
Sultanmurat is a 14 year old boy who lives in a small Kyrgyz village. All the men have gone off to war so he is left alone to tend to the horses who are weak with hunger.
The action takes place in the 1930s and 1940s in Chukotka. With the establishment of Soviet power, changes are coming to the camp. The main character — hunter Poygin — does not realize the significance of what is happening immediately. There is a series of events: a collision with a Black shaman who tried to take away a beloved woman from a hunter, a meeting with the head of the cultural base Medvedev, etc. Poygin observes the events that ultimately determine his life position. He becomes chairman of the first collective farm in Chukotka.
Gamekeeper Temirkhan finds a cheetah wounded by poachers. Thanks to the boundless love for animals, patience and perseverance of Temirkhan and his grandson Ali, the cheetah survives and returns to a free life in its native environment.
When the herdsman's son was born, the Great Ruler of the underworld, Erlik Khan, predicted to the newborn that he, having reached the age of seventeen, would be sacrificed to atone for human pride. But Mohammed — that's what his father called him — grew up kind and brave. The young man managed to force the Lord of Darkness to change his destiny.
Poetic tale of love between of the hunter Gilgil and his beautiful wife Tintin, told through the Chukchi myth imagery.
