Dokhunda

The read

It runs a compact 1h 0m.

Synopsis

The screen adaptation of the novel by Tadjik writer Sadriddine Aini, telling the story of a tramp who falls in love with a rich girl, was supposed to become the first full-length feature film in Central Asian film history. But the unfinished Dokhunda was banned by the Soviet authorities when film production was already in full swing. No footage survived. This is why Izvolov had to rely on Lev Kuleshov’s draft to study and appreciate the maestro’s vision and the unique aesthetic concept, which was never to be realised during Kuleshov’s lifetime.

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Key crew

• Lev KuleshovDirector
• Osip BrikWriter

Cast

• Komil YormatovEdgor
• T. RakhmanovaGiulnor
• Semyon SvashenkoSabir
• Sergei KomarovAzim-Shakh
• R. PetrovBig Chief Oaqsaqual

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