Beautifully shot in black and white, and scripted by Tarkovsky's collaborator Andrei Konchalovsky, this powerful melodrama tells the story of a young boy who undertakes the perilous journey to Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent, to earn some money for his hungry family. Filming in the periphery of the Soviet Union, in a time of relative political relaxation, director Shukhrat Abbasov actually dared to depict the poverty and famine that resulted from the Bolshevik Revolution.
Directing | Shukhrat Abbasov | Director |
Sound | Albert Makhalov | Music |
Art | Emonuel Kalantarov | Production Design |
Writing | Andrei Konchalovsky | Screenplay |
Camera | Khatam Faiziyev | Director of Photography |