The film is based on K. Kuliev's novel "Magtymguly". A story about a Turkmen spiritual leader, philosophical poet, Sufi and traveller who wrote under the pen name Pyragy (Feraghi) and is considered to be the most famous figure in Turkmen literary history. After graduating from the Khiva Madrasa, the poet Pyragy (Feraghi) Magtymguly returns to his native Turkmen aul. He teaches children, composes poems, loves a beautiful girl and is loved by her. But local bey Cherkez-khan does not like the poet's calls to unite Turkmens, and his soldiers burn the village. Khan appoints the captured Magtymguly his court poet but, having received a refusal, the tyrant orders to kill the poet. But the guard helps the poet to escape. Having returned to the burnt aul, Magtymguly begins to call on Turkmens to unite with Russia, because they could not deal with their troubles alone.
as Magtymguly
as Mergen
as Mangli
as Zubeyda
as Ovez
as Elbars
as Akgyz
as Khadijah
as Cherkez-khan
as Kadyr-Serdar
as Durdy-Shakhir
as Khartyk
as Nazar-aga
as Gulam-khan
as Hasan-khan
as Dzhuma
as Mullah Suleyman
as Stebelev
as Ali
as Berkely-khan
as Allahverdi-khan
as old Sarbaz
as Khally
