Mankurt (; ) is a 1990 Soviet film written by Mariya Urmadova and directed by Hojaguly Narliyev. The main cast were the Turkish actors and and the Turkmen actors Maya-Gozel Aymedova and Hojadurdy Narliyev. Background The film was partially filmed on location in Syria and in Turkey, representing a Turkish-Soviet cooperation in filmmaking. The film is based on a narrative strand within the novel The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years ("И дольше века длится день") by Chinghiz Aitmatov, a philosophical tale about what can happen to people if they forget their motherland, language, and history. The Turkic legend mentioned in the novel conceives of a cruel way of making mankurts of captives in the hopes that they will forget everything but basic activities, rendering them servile minions to Zunghar conquerors. Synopsis The film is about a Turkmenian who defends his homeland from invasion. He is captured, tortured, and brainwashed into serving his homeland's conquerors. He is so completely turned that he kills his mother when she attempts to rescue him from captivity. Cast Maya-Gozel Aymedova Nurberdi Allaberdiyev Maysa Almazova Baba Annanov Kerim Annanov Altyn Hojayeva Hommat Myllyk Hojadurdy Narliyev Tahyr Narliyev Mergen Niyazov Maya Nuryagdiyeva Sapar Odayev See also Mankurt Pitchcapping References External links Mankurt at the Internet Movie Database 1990 films Soviet-era Turkmenistan films Films directed by Khodzha Kuli Narliyev Turkish multilingual films Soviet multilingual films 1990s Turkish-language films 1990 multilingual films