Nurmukhan Zhanturin

On a mountain track Tanabaj ride a horse Gulsary. Gulsary is very old, and this way, probably, will be last for him. Tanabaj understands it, but cannot abandon a horse after all with Gulsary all his life is connected... (castingshadows)

Heat was Shepitko's diploma feature, her extraordinary talent underlined by its unprecedented success, winning prizes at the Leningrad and Karlovy Vary Film Festivals. It was also made in gruelling conditions on the barren steppes, the young director falling ill and having to direct from a stretcher. The story fuses serious political drama and cowboy showdown as an idealistic high school graduate goes to work on a state farm, only to clash with its authoritarian, Stalinist leader. (KG)

Extraordinary Commissar Pyotr Kobozev arrives in Soviet Turkestan on Lenin’s personal order. He will have to quickly and accurately understand the situation and take appropriate measures against the counter-revolutionaries.