Film

The Bodyguard

1979 · 1h 30m · Action · Western · History

IMDb

6.7

The setting is Central Asia during the Russian civil war. In the post-revolutionary twenties, when the power in European Russia was (officially) "fully in the hands of the workers and peasants", but the fight against the Basmachi rebels was in full swing. When a Red Army detachment captures Sultan Mazar, the brains behind the Bazmachi contingent, a decision is made to escort urgently the prisoner to the Bukhara province. The difficult mission is entrusted to a grizzled mountain trapper and conscientious revolutionary called Mirzo. His expertise is essential to traverse the precarious paths and steep mountain ridges along the way, impossible terrain for the inexperienced. A group consisting of Mirzo, his brother Kova, the Sultan, his daughter Zaranghis and slave Saifulla set off on this journey. They are forced to fight on the mountain ridges as well as negotiate the natural dangers and harsh elements.

Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy

Mirzo

Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Sultan Nazar

Shavkat Abdusalamov

Fottabek

Gulcha Tashbayeva

Aibash

Mykola Hrynko

Nikolai Grigorievich

Anvara Alimova

Radzhab Adashev

Saidmurad Ziyautdinov

Anvar Kenjaev

Maksud Mansurov

Jamol Hoshimov

Khikmat Gulyamov

Oleg Fedulov

Ali Khamraev

Marat Khasanov

Bolot Beyshenaliev

• Ali KhamraevDirector · Writer
• Vyacheslav SyominDirector of Photography
• Yury KlimenkoDirector of Photography
• Leonid KalashnikovDirector of Photography
• Eduard ArtemyevOriginal Music Composer

Release date

January 1, 1979

Status

Released

Original language

Russian

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Action, Western, History, Adventure