Summary
Left without parents, having gone through hardships and hardships, Kasym ends up in a boarding school, where he learns true friendship and becomes a marksman.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Teens
Where to watch
Not streaming in United States. Where it is:
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 64GoodWatch 57
IMDb6.4
Running time
2 h 17 min
Longer than most dramas, +28 min on the typical 109
typical 109137Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 7 countries, rent or buy in 12 more
Released
2024
February 22, 2024
2 years ago
Genres
DramaHistoryWarLanguage
Kazakh
Original language
Made in
Kazakhstan
Rated
No age rating yet.
Yes: its content advisories are violence, and the viewing guide lists it for family nights.
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFamily Movie NightFriends NightIntergenerationalPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids.
24 of 82
- DTDaniyar TazhenovKasym
Aleksey BardukovSasha
Dina TasbulatovaKarlygash
Sanzhar MadiAibar
Dulyga AkmoldaAbai
Ekaterina KlimovaSvetlana Vladimirovna- TMTimur MakazhanSchool Director
- QMQuanysh MamytkalievGaziz
Vladimir LitvinovPolkovnik- MAMuhammed AdiulyKasym (little)
Kambar NurgaliKasym (in internat)- BDBeknazar DaniyarGaziz (in internat)
- OKOskar KalmykovSasha (in internat)
- ENEdilzhan NurlybekAsim (in childhood)
- AMAslanbi MedeulovAsim (in youth)
Shoqan ChupanbayevAibar (in childhood)- ZLZhalgas LesbaevAibar (in youth)
- DADina AkhmedzhanAunt Aigul
- SZSagat ZhylgheldiyevBayatkhan
- SZSagyndyk ZhumadilKadyr
Yerzhan TusupovOspanov- VBVitaly BagryntsevScientist
- AKArlan KassimanovYoung Scientist
Alexandra TulinovaDasha
Directing · 1
- Ilya Tauchelov Director, Screenplay, Producer
Writing · 1
- Игорь Павлов Screenplay
Production · 2
- Андрей Плотников Producer
- Сажидат Кадиева Casting Director
Camera · 1
- Murat Adil Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Максим Алексеенко Editor
Sound · 3
- Alim Zairov Original Music Composer
- Ivan Sintsov Original Music Composer
- Ilya Korobeynikov Sound Engineer
Art · 3
- Sabit Kurmanbekov Production Design
- Андрей Чевгун Decorator
- Альфия Тайсенгирова Prop Designer
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Sholpan Mashrapova Costume Design
- Алевтина Пагина Makeup Designer
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