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When the Whales Leave

9.519821h 18mMovieRomanceTV MovieFantasy

Poetic tale of love between of the hunter Gilgil and his beautiful wife Tintin, told through the Chukchi myth imagery.

DirectorAnatoli Nitochkin
WriterYuri Rytkheu

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Cast · Directed by Anatoli Nitochkin

GAGulzhan Aspetova
Gulzhan Aspetova
Nau, the eternal woman
SKSvetlana Khiltukhina
Svetlana Khiltukhina
Tintin/Young Nau
MKMakil Kulanbayev
Makil Kulanbayev
Reu
VPValeriy Pya
Valeriy Pya
Young Reu
AKAkyl Kulambayev
Akyl Kulambayev
Reu
NZNurkanat Zhakypbay
Nurkanat Zhakypbay
Armol
BBBolot Beyshenaliev
Bolot Beyshenaliev
Vetly
AKAlexander Korshunov
Alexander Korshunov
Gilgil
AMAndrey Martynov
Andrey Martynov
Narrator
ZR
Zhanna Rozhdestvenskaya
(Vocals)
ZBZhanna Bichevskaya
Zhanna Bichevskaya
(Vocals)

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