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

Sultanmurat is a 14 year old boy who lives in a small Kyrgyz village. All the men have gone off to war so he is left alone to tend to the horses who are weak with hunger.

Lovely piece of Kyrgyz poetic realism about a shepherd working in the mountains, herding sheep, talking with his family. The creation of a national cinema in Kyrgyzstan is customarily attributed to Bolotbek Shamshiev, Tolomush Okeev and Melis Ubekeyev whose protagonists are common men with everyday joys and sorrows. But the most important force behind Kyrgyz cinema is a writer and philosopher, Chingiz Aitmatov. He served as the president of the Union of Filmmakers for many years. Many of his books are made into films and he often collaborates in the writing of the scripts.

1943年秋天，刚刚走出中央女子狙击学校校门的阿利娅和她的好姐妹们一起被派往与德军对峙的前沿阵地。考虑到都是一群不满二十岁的可爱姑娘，又是刚刚走出校门，没有任何战斗经验，司令部上校指挥官分配给阿利娅和她的姐妹们的工作就是在司令部机关中做卫生勤务工作。 阿利娅是一个在保育院长大的孩子。从小被法西斯夺去亲人的她时刻想着能早一天被派往前线，用手中的狙击步枪消灭德军鬼子。在阿利娅的一再请战下，上校指挥官把阿利娅派往驻守在距德军不足百米的四营三连。在摸黑前往四营阵地的路上，阿利娅与同样被派往四营任指导员的巴尔曼中尉走到了一起。 在四营和斯杰番大叔一起战斗的日子里，阿利娅开始尝到了亲手击毙德军狙击手的欣喜滋味，而斯杰番大叔的牺牲更是激起了阿利娅仇恨法西斯的怒火。1944年新年刚过，围歼德军最后一个军事工地的战斗打响了。在科姆巴特少校光荣牺牲后，阿利娅振臂一呼，第一个冲进德军的阵地，战斗取得了决定性的胜利，但阿利娅在战斗中却光荣牺牲。为了纪念在战斗中牺牲的女子狙击手们，阿利娅被授予苏联女英雄称号。

改编自艾特玛托夫同名小说 获1976年第9届苏联电影节大奖