Feature made for Kyrgyz television by Melis Ubukeyev (White Mountains).
An idealistic high school graduate goes to work on a state farm on the Kazakh steppe, only to clash with its authoritarian leader.
Sultanmurat is a 14 year old boy who lives in a small Kyrgyz village. All the men have gone off to war so he is left alone to tend to the horses who are weak with hunger.
Paralyzed since birth, Ilya can only watch helplessly as his village is plundered by barbarians. But when a mysterious traveler arrives with a magic elixir that restores him to full health, Ilya begins an adventure to protect the village and the royal family from harm.
Asan works as a bulldozer operator on a road construction project. One day, during an explosion, he saves the geologist Krista from certain death...
Guljan's father, who is determined to marry his beautiful daughter to Musa, a scoundrel who has secured himself a position at the village cooperative, refuses to acknowledge her beloved Aidar.