Mikhail Matyushevsky

Directed by Bolotbek Shamshiyev, the movie shows Kyrgyzstan under early Soviet rule; and tells us about opium contrabanda across the border.

Kariev cannot defend his PhD thesis because he does not have the necessary theoretical basis for his idea. Young geologists - Kurov, Mukhamedov and Saraev, who worked in the geological party under the leadership of Kariev, help him, showing the ability to solve major scientific problems.