The Moon Witch

1985 62 min

Overview

A village boy awaits his father's return from the front. Though he doesn't yet know the alphabet, he begins composing letters and enrolls in school early to learn to write. He believes the Moon Witch — a figure from a fairytale — is behind all the misfortunes of war. In his dreams, he battles her on the moon as she casts black letters — death notices — down to Earth...

Genres

Drama

Production Countries

Soviet Union

Spoken Languages

Russian ru

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Cast

Izobar Dushenaliev

Erkin

Svetlana Chebodaeva-Chaptikova

Asylkan

Kapar Medetbekov

Burhan

Aliman Dzhangorozova

Marjan

Koisun Karasartova

Witch

T. Dzhumabekov

Anarbay

Kadyrzhan Kydyraliyev

Kural

Sh. Dzhunushaliev

Sherik

Sakybek Karabayev

Shatman

Ersain Teleubaev

Tashtanbek

Zhannat Khudaibergenova

Anapiya

Baltabay Seitmamytuly

Abdrai

Crew

Bakyt Karagulov

Director

Ashim Dzhakypbekov

Writer

Viktor Kisin

Music

Posters

External Links

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