Film
The Bell of Sayat (1966)
- Year
- 1966
- Directed by
- Yuldash Agzamov
- Starring
- To'lqin Tojiyev, Tuychi Oripov, Sora Eshonto'rayeva, Bakhtiyor Ikhtiyarov, Hikmat Latipov and 5 more
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The Bell of Sayat is a Soviet feature film made at Uzbekfilm in 1966, directed by Yuldash Agzamov from a screenplay by Dmitry Kholendro, first published in the magazine Zvezda Vostoka. Set in the 1920s, it follows Khalida, a young village teacher who becomes chair of the local soviet after her husband's death, speaks out against polygamy and tries to open a school in a remote mountain village, where farmers, fearing the mullah's curses, keep their children away. Khalida is played by Irina Bokuchava.
