help with classic Kazakh film. Strange request

[Oleksandr Spirin]

Dear Jane, 

I am sending you some information concerning the film of your interest in Russian and in English with a link to the film itself along with answers on your questions. Please find them below.

Wish you good trip to the poetry of the Great Steppe.

Sincerely yours,
Oleksandr Spirin
a translator
Kharkiv, Ukraine
<oleksandr.spirin at ymail.com>











Кыз-Жибек / Kyz Zhibek/ СССР, Казахфильм / 1971/ историческая мелодрама / 
about the film and its production:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2977364/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
http://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/468780/
http://www.kino.kz/movie.asp?id=335
Film online: 
http://kino-online.kz/melodrammy/587-kyz-zhibek.html


Год выпуска: 1971
Жанр: Историко-романтическая драма
Продолжительность: 160 мин.
Режиссер: С. Ходжиков (S. Khodzhikov)
В ролях: Асанали Ашимов (Asanali Ashimov), К. Кожабеков (K. Kozhabekov), А. Алексеев (A. Alekceev), И. Ногайбаев (I. Nogaibaev), М. Утекешева (M. Utekesheva), К. Тастанбеков (K. Tastambekov)
Поэтическая народная легенда «Кыз-Жибек», послужившая основой фильма, повествует о далеком прошлом казахского народа — эпохе 16–17 веков, когда казахская земля страдала от междоусобных войн, распрей, когда у каждой орды был свой хан, и он стремился возвеличиться над другими. В легенде о трагической любви представителей двух враждующих племен, отразились многие стороны духовной жизни казахов-кочевников, их думы и чаяния, стремление разрозненных племен к объединению.
Из-за межродовых распрей трагически завершается любовь батыра Тулегена и красавицы Жибек.
Фильм, снятый Султаном Ходжиковым в 1970 году, был удостоен Государственной премии Казахской ССР; а также автор сценария Габит Мусрепов, кинорежиссер Султан Ходжиков, исполнители главных ролей Аcанали Ашимов, Куман Тастанбеков и Меруерт Утекешева. В 1972 году на V Всоюзном КиноФестивале в Тбилиси (Грузия) фильм был награжден дипломом и премией за лучшее художественное оформление, дипломами награждены актер Кенебай Кожабеков и режиссер Султан Ходжиков.
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This legend dates back to the XVI -XVII centures. 
Young Tulegen from the tribe of Zhagalbaily fell in love to a beautiful girl Kyz Zhibek (Girl the Silk, or Silk Girl) from the quarreling tribe of Shekty (Alimuly) (both from Little Juz, or Alshyns). She reciprocated his feelings. On the field of battle Tulegen fraternized with a batyr from Zhibek's tribe in the name of Bekezhan, which secretly in love with the girl and at heart wishes to prevent the planned wedding...

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1/ Does anyone remember exactly who the two horseback riding warriors are, what tribe and where they come from or going at the beginning of the film? 

- Scene 1: Tulegen and his friend Shegeh from Zhagalbaily tribe; Scene 3: Kholdiiar and Zholbasar, Bekezhan-Murza. Bekezhan-Murza came back from the battle on the Zhaiik river where he won over enemies of Shekty tribe. Kholdiiar was the Khan of Shekty.

2/ Also need information on the burial tomb stones that dot the film?
Kurgan stelae, or balbals: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurgan_stelae

3/ What historical epoch do they come fro? 
- The earliest anthropomorphic stelae date to the 4th millenium BC, and are associated with the early Bronze Age, Yamna Horizon. They are characteristic for all Indo-Europeans.

4/ ...They are seen all over Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
- Also, in Ukraine (numerous), in Southern Russia, in Romania, in Prussia, in Belarus, in Azerbaijan, in Southern Siberia, in Altai, in Mongolia and so on.

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On Wednesday, March 5, 2014 6:37 PM, Jane Knox <jknox at BOWDOIN.EDU> wrote:
 

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Looking for information on the classic Kazakh ilm Kyz Zhibek. Does anyone remember exactly who the two horseback riding warriors are, what tribe and where they come from or going at the beginning of the film? Also need information on the burial tomb stones that dot the film? What historical epoch do they come fro? They are seen all over Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

Jane Knox
jknox at bowdoin.edu
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