The Duel under the Plane Tree (1979)

The Duel under the Plane Tree is a 1979 Uzbekfilm production directed by Melis Abzalov, with a screenplay by Rikhsivoy Mukhamedzhanov, photography by Aleksandr Pann and music by Yevgeny Shiryaev. After failing the entrance exams to an institute, the young Nartay returns from Tashkent to his village and becomes a shepherd; as he nearly forgets his studies, his father, an old shepherd and war veteran, convinces him that education matters, and Nartay goes back to Tashkent with his fiancee. Nartay is played by Rashid Malikov; the film was dubbed into Russian at Lenfilm.