Early Cranes
1980, Russian. Directed by Bolotbek Shamshiyev.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Bolotbek ShamshiyevDirector
- Emil BoronchiyevSultanmurat
- Suimenkul ChokmorovOtets
- Gulsara AdzhibekovaMaty
- Hasan AbdraimovAdzhimurat
- Suyutai ShamshiyevaSestra
- Altynai AbdiyevaSestra
- Akyl KulambayevPredsedatel
- Baydalda KaltayevChekish
- Sadykbek DzhamanovDzhumaly
- Nurgul KendirbayevaMyrzagul
- Talgat DzhamanakovErkinbek
- Mars KutmanaliyevAnatay
Details
- Released
- 18 February 1980
- Original title
- Ранние журавли
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Bolotbek Shamshiyev, Chinghiz Aitmatov
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Early Cranes runs 90 minutes (1h 30m).
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Early Cranes isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 18 February 1980. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Early Cranes?
Early Cranes (1980) was directed by Bolotbek Shamshiyev and stars Emil Boronchiyev, Suimenkul Chokmorov, Gulsara Adzhibekova.