When the herdsman's son was born, the Great Ruler of the underworld, Erlik Khan, predicted to the newborn that he, having reached the age of seventeen, would be sacrificed to atone for human pride. But Mohammed — that's what his father called him — grew up kind and brave. The young man managed to force the Lord of Darkness to change his destiny.
One day, while hunting, the young khan Tauekel met the beautiful Aisula, the shepherd's daughter, and brought her to the palace, soon celebrating a magnificent wedding. Aisula was not interested in palace intrigues. The girl fed snow-white pigeons, took care of greenhouse plants, quenched her curiosity by talking to a wise astronomer at the observatory. Love transformed Khan Taukel, belligerence began to grow into wisdom, awakening mercy and kindness. But the insidious sister of Khan Karashash, who has long dreamed of power, took advantage of her brother's forced departure and slandered the shepherd's daughter, spreading a rumor that she had given birth to two puppies.
High in the mountains, the forester Aktan lives alone with his mute aunt in an abandoned village. People's lives seem wrong and vain to him. But he likes his own less and less. A collision with people who predationally exploit nature forces Actan to actively interfere in their lives.
The film is a recollection of an adult about the unforgettable days of the first post-war year. Klava, who lost her husband at the front, with her 12-year-old daughter Lyusya sheltered Aygul with a seven-year-old boy in her house. Aygul's son - the main character, now became a pilot, recalls his childhood in a small Kazakh city, which fell on a difficult post-war time. Flying high above the Earth, he thinks of the Russian girl Lyusya, from his distant past.
After graduating from school in 1957-1958, she worked as a secretary-typist at the Saryagash District Committee of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan. She came from the Matay clan of the Naiman tribe (Middle Zhuz). She entered the film industry by chance while being a student and became famous immediately after the release of the film "The Song Calls". In 1962, she graduated from the English Department of the Faculty of Foreign Languages at the Kazakh State Pedagogical Institute named after Abai, specializing in teaching English. From 1995 to 2002, she performed on the stage of the Kazakh State Academic Theater for Children and Youth named after G. Musrepov. Since 1960, she has been a permanent actress at the "Kazakhfilm" studio named after Sh. Aimanov.
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