When the Whales Leave

Poetic tale of love between of the hunter Gilgil and his beautiful wife Tintin, told through the Chukchi myth imagery.

Country Soviet Union

Production Country Soviet Union

Language Russian

Spoken Language French

Gneres Romance , TV Movie

Production Company Ekran

Release Date 19 March 1982

78 mins

Cast

Svetlana Khiltukhina Tintin/Young Nau

Valeriy Pya Young Reu

Akyl Kulambayev Reu

Kasym Zhakibayev Armol

Gulzhan Aspetova Nau, the eternal woman

Bolot Beyshenaliev Vetly

Makil Kulanbayev Reu

Alexander Korshunov

Nurkanat Zhakypbay

Andrey Martynov Narrator

Crew

Director

Anatoli Nitochkin

Writer

Yuri Rytkheu

Editor

Lyudmila Krylova

Original Writer

Yuri Rytkheu

Music

Eduard Artemyev

Camera Operator

Vladimir Brusin