The Hostage
(Zalojnik)
by Younous Youssoupov
Tajikistan
Script: V. Maksimenkov, L. Makhkamov
Cinematographer: Roustam Moukamedjanov
Music: Gennadi Aleksandrov
Cast: Konstantin Boutaev, Bakhrom Akramov, M. Makmadov, I. Erguechev, R. Sagdoullaev, Y.Youssoupov
Production: Tadjikfilm
Distribution:
Arkéion Films
12, rue de Chartres
92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine
France
Tel: 0033 1.46.43.23.59
Fax: 0033 1.46.43.23.50
Mail: [email protected]
Year: 1983
35 mm, Colour, 72 min,
OV Tajik with French Subtitles
Unrelased
In the twenties, a virulent epidemic is rife in the Pamir Mountains. A caravan is sent with vaccines, followed by a gang of "basmatchis" who take the expedition headman hostage. The one thing they ignored is that there is a spitting image of the headman…
Right in the middle of the stagnation period, Younous Youssoupov revisits the eastern genre and reconsiders the representation of heroism and danger on screen.