The Minaret of Death (1924)
Based on an old Bukharan mythical tale from the 16th century. Dzhemal, daughter of the Khiva khan, and her milk sister Selekha set off from Bukhara to Khiva. On the way the caravan is attacked by robbers. The ataman of the gang Kur-bashi is struck by Dzhemal's beauty, but the girl rejects the brigand's love. His concubine Gul-Saryk, jealous of her new rival, helps the girls escape...
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Cast
- Nadezhda Vendelin — Dzhemal
- Valentina Baranova — Selekha
- Oleg Frelikh — Kur-Bashi
- Khalil Abzhalilov — Kur-Bashi
- Olga Spirova — Gyul-Saryk
- Iona Talanov — Shahrukh-bek
- Aleksey Bogdanovskiy — Endzhin-khan - Emir Bukhara
- Sergey Shklyarevskiy — Robber
- Zana Zanoni — First wife
- Boris Medvedev — Robber
- M. Karpovskiy
- Nadezhda Fridlyand
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