1991 / kazakhstan / original title : GIBEL OTRARA / 156'’ / status : completed / International collections
In Otrar, a powerful Central Asian city on the brink of annihilation, political intrigue, betrayal, and shifting alliances among the Kipchak tribes drive events as destiny moves inexorably towards the city’s fall under Genghis Khan’s unstoppable advance.
Restored by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, in collaboration with Ardak Amirkulov.
Press
«A strange and fascinating historical epic set in the 13th century.»
The New York Times
