The House by the Salt Lake

(2004)

Genres: Drama

Year: 2004

Runtime: 83 мин

Country: Kazakhstan

Director: Игорь Вовнянко, Асанали Ашимов

Cast: Асанали Ашимов, Жан Байжанбаев, Райхан Айткожанова, Светлана Светличная, Кирилл Датешидзе, Лайма Вайкуле, Олеся Судзиловская, Нуржуман Ихтымбаев, Владимир Толоконников

Plot

The film is based on the complex intersections of human destinies during the Patriotic War. The family of the headmaster of the school, Turlyzhan Zhanakov, with their participation and care for disadvantaged people, show the high moral values inherent in Kazakhs. The house by the salt lake became a home for immigrants and evacuees and became a kind of Noah's Ark for the post-war future.