Dzhulbars

1935 Adventure 79 minutes Directed by Vladimir Shnejderov

About Dzhulbars

Basmachi attack a caravan bound for mountain villages and take the old guide Sho-Murad and his granddaughter Peri. Border guards and the sheepdog Dzhulbars go after the captives. Vladimir Schneiderov directed the Mezhrabpomfilm action picture. Nikolay Cherkasov plays Sho-Murad.

Cast & crew

More about Dzhulbars

Gabriel El-Registan wrote it and Sergei Vasilenko composed the score. Wikidata gives 79 minutes and the year 1935. Natalya Gitserot plays Peri.

Themes

  • a caravan raid
  • a captive grandfather and granddaughter
  • a border dog
  • Dzhulbars
  • Sho-Murad
  • Peri
  • basmachi
  • border guards

Background

The raid is staged as a basmachi attack on a civilian caravan, the setting of several 1930s Soviet border films.

Music

Sergei Vasilenko is the composer credited on Wikidata.

Notes

  • Nikolai Makarenko plays Tkachenko, Ivan Bobrov plays Abdullo, and Andrey Fayt plays Kerim.
  • Cherkasov is billed as N. P. Cherkasov-Sergeyev.
  • The English Wikipedia plot uses the spelling Julbars for the dog.
  • The dog, not a named officer, shares the rescue with the border guards.

Scenes

  • Border guards and the sheepdog Dzhulbars go after Sho-Murad and Peri after the basmachi take the caravan.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (1935 Джульбарс.webm)