THE FIERCE ONE

USSR / 1973

97 min / Russian dialogue

Director: TOLOMUSH OKEYEV
Producer: KAZAKHFILM
Screenwriter: ANDREI MIKHALKOV-KONCHALOVSKY, EDUARD TROPININ
Cinematographer: KADYRZHAN KADYRALIYEV
Cast: KAMBAR VALIYEV, SUIMENKUL CHOKMOROV, ALIMAN DJANGOROZOVA, KARGYNBAY SATAYEV, NURZHUMAN IKHTYMBAYEV

Story of the friendship between a boy living in steppe and a wolf cub. They grow up together, and play pranks together. They are friends, not knowing that people and wolves are enemies. A child’s heart does not understand the ruthlessness and cruelty of the adult world. When people want to kill the grown beast, the boy sets his friend free. After many years they meet again.