During the second world war two friends work at a remote railway station in the steppes. When one dies the other's request to bury him according to Islamic rituals in a sacred place is denied by the Soviet authorities, who use that place for rocket testing.
Bakyt Karagulov | Director |
Chinghiz Aitmatov | Screenplay |
Marat Sarulu | Screenplay |
Chinghiz Aitmatov | Novel |