Overview
A village boy awaits his father's return from the front. Though he doesn't yet know the alphabet, he begins composing letters and enrolls in school early to learn to write. He believes the Moon Witch — a figure from a fairytale — is behind all the misfortunes of war. In his dreams, he battles her on the moon as she casts black letters — death notices — down to Earth...
Cast
- Izobar Dushenaliev as Erkin
- Svetlana Chebodaeva-Chaptikova as Asylkan
- Kapar Medetbekov as Burhan
- Aliman Dzhangorozova as Marjan
- Koisun Karasartova as Witch
- T. Dzhumabekov as Anarbay
- Kadyrzhan Kydyraliyev as Kural
- Sh. Dzhunushaliev as Sherik
- Sakybek Karabayev as Shatman
- Ersain Teleubaev as Tashtanbek