Distant Close Years (1976)

Distant Close Years is a black-and-white adventure film directed by Kamil Yarmatov at Uzbekfilm in 1976, from a script by Mikhail Melkumov and Yarmatov. Set in 1920s Turkestan, it follows the work of the Chekists: to bring back gold stolen by basmachi raiders and keep it from leaving the country, the scout Juma Matniyazov is sent into the enemy's lair. Juma is played by Pulat Saidkasymov and Junaid Khan by Zakir Muhamedjanov; the cast also includes Shukur Burkhanov, Sanat Divanov, Yakub Akhmedov, Turgun Azizov and Javlon Khamraev.