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Overview

This movie is about the life of Marat Ayumov, a former soldier from Kazakhstan who fought in Afghaninstan. The past and present are interwoven in the memories of the protagonist. Throughout the film, in fragmented flashbacks, the hero recollects the time when he, as a soldier, fought in the armed conflict in the mountainous country as he travels to Afghanistan to accompany a young and creative TV crew making a documentary called “Following Alexander the Great”.

Directed by Egor Konchalovsky

Top cast

Seydulla Moldakhanov

Marat Ayumov

Berik Aitzhanov

Marat Ayumov in his youth

Karlygash Mukhamedzhanova

Dinara

Natalya Arinbasarova

Marat Ayumov's grandmother

Gulnara Dusmatova

Saule

Ivan Zhidkov

Aleksey

Gosha Kutsenko

colonel-pilot

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Asha Mataj

Aliya

Denis Nikiforov

Andrey Ostrovskiy

Andrey Shibarshin

Sergey

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Sultanna Karimova

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Arman Asenov

Kara-mayor

Andrey Smolyakov

military commission doctor

Sergey Veksler

Tyutin

Grigoriy Antipenko

military doctor

Egor Konchalovsky

Janel Makazhanova

Saule in her youth

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Al'fija Kunguzhinova

Nurullo Abdullayev

old shepherd

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Philip Voloshin

soldier

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