Film

When the Whales Leave

1982 · 1h 18m · Romance · TV Movie · Fantasy

Poetic tale of love between of the hunter Gilgil and his beautiful wife Tintin, told through the Chukchi myth imagery.

Gulzhan Aspetova

Nau, the eternal woman

Svetlana Khiltukhina

Tintin/Young Nau

Makil Kulanbayev

Reu

Valeriy Pya

Young Reu

Akyl Kulambayev

Reu

Nurkanat Zhakypbay

Armol

Bolot Beyshenaliev

Vetly

Alexander Korshunov

Gilgil

Andrey Martynov

Narrator

Zhanna Rozhdestvenskaya

(Vocals)

Zhanna Bichevskaya

(Vocals)

• Anatoli NitochkinDirector
• Yuri RytkheuWriter
• Vladimir BrusinDirector of Photography
• Eduard ArtemyevOriginal Music Composer
• Lyudmila KrylovaEditor

Release date

March 19, 1982

Status

Released

Original language

Russian

Runtime

1h 18m

Genres

Romance, TV Movie, Fantasy, Drama, History