The Secret of the Ancestors
1973, RU. Directed by Marat Aripov.
The 1920s. Taking advantage of the fact that Soviet power had not yet come to Yakutia, the merchants made the locals completely dependent on their will. Merchant Oparin stopped exchanging gunpowder and products for furs, he wanted to find out where the gold-bearing stream was located. But the chief of the Sadyuk tribe did not violate the law of the ancestors and did not reveal the secret of the Golden Stream.
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- RU
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- Released
- 22 January 1973
- Original title
- Тайна предков
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Valentin Maksimenkov, Mukhiddin Khojayev, Lev Gabyshev
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The Secret of the Ancestors isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 22 January 1973. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Secret of the Ancestors?
The Secret of the Ancestors (1973) was directed by Marat Aripov and stars Dmitriy Khodulov, Antanas Gabrėnas, Natalya Kiryushkina.