Summary: It's young love on the steppes in this romantic fable based on a 1956 story by Chingiz Aitmatov. The movie was filmed on the beautiful Kirghiz steppes. The story reflects the wistful memories of Seit, a N.Y. painter as he reminisces about his youthful, innocent love affair with Jamilia back in the Kirghiz countryside during the 1940's. (Sandra Brennan, Rovi)

Genre: Drama

Country: Germany, Kyrgyzstan

Directed By: Monica Teuber

Written By: Chingiz Aitmatov, Christopher McGee

Starring: F. Murray Abraham, Nikolai Kinski, Linh Dan Pham, Jason Connery, Yuri Kuznetsov

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