
Meaning of Life
1987, Russian. Directed by Damir Salimov.
Follows the construction of the Fergana Canal, which employed 170 thousand people, and Usman Yusupov was given a very specific task - in 45 days, a 270-kilometer-long canal should provide water to the cotton fields.
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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- Released
- 1 December 1987
- Original title
- Смысл жизни
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Ramiz Fataliyev
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Meaning of Life runs 70 minutes (1h 10m).
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Who directed Meaning of Life?
Meaning of Life (1987) was directed by Damir Salimov and stars Georgy Saakyan, Shukur Samandarov, Viktor Uralsky.