
Overview
Tanabay is a proud Kazakh war hero and loyal Communist who is pressured into taking a position as a herdsman in a collective farm in the Stalinist era after WWII. The pride and joy of the collective is a beautiful stallion named Gulsary. After Gulsary wins a race, the new commissar of the collective lays claim to the beloved and headstrong horse, which leads to a battle of a wills. Tanabay and Gulsary are both punished and separated for their refusal to bend to the rules of the Stalinist era.
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Based on
Based on Farewell, Gulsary!
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Chinghiz AitmatovNovel
- Erzhan RustembekowWriter
- Original title
- Qosh bol, Gülsary!
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 27, 2008
- Original language
- Kazakh
- Countries
- Kazakhstan


























