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Mankurt (1990 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Mankurt' (; ) is a 1990 Soviet film written by Mariya Urmadova and directed by Hojaguly Narliyev. The main cast were the Turkish actors and and the Turkmen actors Maya-Gozel Aymedova and Hojadurdy Narliyev.
Background
The film was partially filmed on location in Syria and in Turkey, representing a Turkish-Soviet cooperation in filmmaking. The film is based on a narrative strand within the novel 'The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years' (" ") by Chinghiz Aitmatov, a philosophical tale about what can happen to people if they forget their motherland, language, and history. The Turkic legend mentioned in the novel conceives of a cruel way of making 'mankurts' of captives in the hopes that they will forget everything but basic activities, rendering them servile minions to 'Zunghar' conquerors.
Synopsis
The film is about a Turkmenian who defends his homeland from invasion. He is captured, tortured, and brainwashed into serving his homeland's conquerors. He is so completely turned that he kills his mother when she attempts to rescue him from captivity.
Cast
* Maya-Gozel Aymedova
* Nurberdi Allaberdiyev
* Maysa Almazova
* Baba Annanov
* Kerim Annanov
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* Altyn Hojayeva
* Hommat Myllyk
* Hojadurdy Narliyev
* Tahyr Narliyev
* Mergen Niyazov
* Maya Nuryagdiyeva
* Sapar Odayev
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See also
* Mankurt
* Pitchcapping
References
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