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Directed by | Darezhan Omirbaev |
Written by | Darezhan Omirbaev Limara Zjeksembayeva |
Produced by | Limara Zjeksembayeva |
Starring | Jamshed Usmonov |
Cinematography | Boris Trochev |
Edited by | R. Belyakova |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | Kazakhstan |
Language | Kazakh |
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