The Moon Witch
1985, Russian. Directed by Bakyt Karagulov.
A village boy awaits his father's return from the front. Though he doesn't yet know the alphabet, he begins composing letters and enrolls in school early to learn to write. He believes the Moon Witch — a figure from a fairytale — is behind all the misfortunes of war. In his dreams, he battles her on the moon as she casts black letters — death notices — down to Earth...
- Runtime
- 1h 2m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Bakyt KaragulovDirector
- Izobar DushenalievErkin
- Svetlana Chebodaeva-ChaptikovaAsylkan
- Kapar MedetbekovBurhan
- Aliman DzhangorozovaMarjan
- Koisun KarasartovaWitch
- T. DzhumabekovAnarbay
- Kadyrzhan KydyraliyevKural
- Sh. DzhunushalievSherik
- Sakybek KarabayevShatman
- Ersain TeleubaevTashtanbek
- Zhannat KhudaibergenovaAnapiya
- Baltabay SeitmamytulyAbdrai
Details
- Released
- 1 January 1985
- Original title
- Лунная ведьма
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Ashim Dzhakypbekov
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The Moon Witch runs 62 minutes (1h 2m).
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The Moon Witch isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1985. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Moon Witch?
The Moon Witch (1985) was directed by Bakyt Karagulov and stars Izobar Dushenaliev, Svetlana Chebodaeva-Chaptikova, Kapar Medetbekov.