The Crying Steppe

Don't ever forget where you come from

In the 1920-30s, 70% of the indigenous population died from the Great Famine created by the Bolsheviks in Kazakhstan. Overcoming the dreadful fear of death and despair, an eagle hunter's family from a Kazakh village in the highlands is trying to stay alive in the midst of the fierce winter and face a moral choice, to die as human beings or to survive at any cost, transgressing the human decency.

  • Genre: Drama, History
  • Release Date: 2020-12-11
  • Runtime: 108 min
  • Country: Kazakhstan
  • Language: Kazakh, Russian
  • Status: Released
  • IMDb Rating: 6.25
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