With its sweeping visuals and colorful pageantry, the film, directed and written by Sadyk Sher-Niyaz, certainly provides a stirring backdrop for its patriotic narrative, although, as edited, some of the chronological compression can be tricky to follow.
Queen of the Mountains
2014 · 2h 15m · PG-13
Action, Drama
Directed by
Sadyk Sher-Niyaz
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Queen of the Mountains
Overview
At a time when most females in Asia possess little or no power over their lives, headstrong Kurmanjan Datka defies her family's authority -- and ultimately becomes the ruler of her native Kyrgyzstan region.
Director and cast
- Sadyk Sher-Niyaz Director
- Elina Abai Kyzy as Kurmanjan Datka (18-25)
- Aziz Muradillayev as Alymbek Datka
- Nasira Mambetova as Kurmanjan Datka (50)
- Adilet Usubaliyev as Kamchybek
- Mirlan Abdulayev as Akbalban
- Ulanbek Omuraliev as Shabdan baatyr
- Dinara Abdykadyrova Cast
- Viktor Kostetsky Cast
- Leonid Mozgovoy Cast
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