Feature film — 1924
The Minaret of Death (1924)
Based on an old Bukharan mythical tale from the 16th century. Dzhemal, daughter of the Khiva khan, and her milk sister Selekha set off from Bukhara to Khiva. On the way the caravan is attacked by robbers. The ataman of the gang Kur-bashi is struck by Dzhemal's beauty, but the girl rejects the brigand's love. His concubine Gul-Saryk, jealous of her new rival, helps the girls escape...
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Director: Vyacheslav Viskovsky
On screen
Cast & crew
Nadezhda Vendelin
Dzhemal
Valentina Baranova
Selekha
Oleg Frelikh
Kur-Bashi
Khalil Abzhalilov
Kur-Bashi
Olga Spirova
Gyul-Saryk
Iona Talanov
Shahrukh-bek
Aleksey Bogdanovskiy
Endzhin-khan - Emir Bukhara
Sergey Shklyarevskiy
Robber
Zana Zanoni
First wife
Boris Medvedev
Robber
M. Karpovskiy
Nadezhda Fridlyand
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