Description:

When a khan threatens to destroy a city, only a crafty boy has the wit to save it. Based on a Kyrgyz folk tale.

The original folk tale can be read here (in Russian). The film follows the story closely, except that originally the boy says "in my camel" rather than "in my bag", and makes the thin strips out of the skin of his camel.

This is the first and, so far, only animated film made by the Kyrgyz professor and filmmaker Abdykerimov Daniyar, who was also the screenwriter and art director.

A short RT news report with a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this film can be seen here.