Film · Drama

When Emirs Die (1932)

It depicts the establishment of kolkhoz (collective farming) in Bukhara. Poor dehkans are oppressed by bays and emir. One of them, unable to bear the slave labor, flees from his native land. A few years later, the fugitive returns and becomes an activist of the collective farm movement. Kulaks kill him and try to flood the collective farm fields with water. However, collective farmers stop the sabotage and reveal the secret of the murdered activist. The perpetrators are justifiably punished.

Director

Lydia Pechorina

Writers

Gabriel Ureklyan

Country

Russia

Language

Russian

Release date

September 20, 1932

Original title

Когда умирают эмиры