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Fall of Otrar

Date:1991
Director: Ardak Amirkulov
Screenwriter: Alexei Gherman, Svetlana Karmalita
Featured Country: Kazakhstan
Running Time: 165
Format: Black and White
Original Language: Kazakh, Chinese, Mongolian
Event: Chinese History


This film offers an epic, historical invocation of the invasion of Genghis Khan in the area now known as Kazakhstan as witnessed from a peasant's point of view. A mix of color and black and white images trace the adventures of a Kipchak scout as he winds his way through a land marred by battlefields, fleeing villagers and burning towns.