Film

The Traces Go Beyond the Horizon

1965 · 1h 25m · Drama

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.

Farida Sharipova

Zhaukhaz

Asanali Ashimov

Turar

Kuatbay Abdreimov

Tanabay - machine operator

Kauken Kenzhetayev

Father

Khadisha Bukeyeva

Mother

Rakhmetulla Salmenov

Zhaukhaz' father

Kamal Karmysov

Khadisha Zhiyenkulova

• Mazhit BegalinDirector
• Akim TaraziWriter
• Askhat AshrapovDirector of Photography
• Eduard KhagagortyanOriginal Music Composer

Release date

June 7, 1965

Status

Released

Original language

Russian

Runtime

1h 25m

Genres

Drama