Khodzhakuli Rakhmatullaev

Film-ballet based on legendary story of tragic love that was not meant to be.

An epic legend about the exploits of the legendary hero Rustam - a brave warrior who is always ready to come to the aid of those who need her. The story is based on Ferdowsi's poem "Shah-Nam". The first part of the "Exploits of Rustam" dilogy, which is continued by the film "Rustam and Suhrab" (1972).

Inspired by the epic poem "Shahnameh" by Ferdowsi. It tells the story of Zahhak, the ruler of the Kingdom of Snakes, who, through cunning and deception, conquers a neighboring state and establishes the cult of the Snake Goddess. Zahhak has two snakes growing from his shoulders that feed on human brains. Each day, a dancer, a devotee of the cult, performs a snake dance in the city square. The person she kisses during her performance is doomed to be sacrificed to the snakes.

About the first days of Soviet rule in Tajikistan. Since ancient times, the people of the small Pamir village have been reclaiming patches of land from the mountains for crops. There was only one person in the village who did not know poverty and sorrow, the world-eating kulak Pir Karim-sho. The son of Karim-sho - Shamba fell in love with the daughter of a poor man, the beautiful Sabina. But Sabina dreamed of a friend whom she did not know, but who would bring her love and happiness, not wealth. It was then that the rumor spread that poor Sabina, who had abandoned her rich husband, was insane. But the day came when the border guards, the first representatives of the Soviet government, arrived in the village.