KAZAKHFILM National Film Company
Studio Asu Anima
present
THE LAST DEER
For many...
...many thousands of years have hunters killed deer.
And eventually, the earth was left
with only one deer.
The last one.
He had such enormous, beautiful antlers
that whosoever saw him even once
would become restless
and sleepless.
The very best sharpshooters dreamed of killing him
even though they knew
that this deer was the last.
But it was an odd thing -
no matter how many hunters went off to catch that deer,
not one of them
returned home.
For this reason, the last deer
was called by people "the immortal".
This young hunter was called Haydu
Upon seeing the deer, he vowed
"I will get the antlers of the Immortal,
or I am not called the Great Haydu!"
But when the deer, exhausted by the hunt, looked at the hunter,
an indescribable weariness enchained the soul of Haydu.
It was not the gaze of an animal.
"It's time," thought Haydu.
"One good shot, and the antlers of the Immortal
would become his most famous trophy."
"Not a single deer is now left on Earth.
But the fame of Haydu
will outlast the eons."
So thought the young hunter,
not noticing that at that very moment,
he was himself turning into a deer.
And only then, when the pack of dogs
threw themselves upon their former owner,
did Haydu understand
where all the hunters had disappeared to.
Each of them
had become the last deer.
For many,
many thousands of years
have hunters killed deer.
And eventually, the earth
was left with only one,
the last one.
And no matter how many hunters went off to catch the Immortal,
not one of them
returned home.
screenplay Leyla Ahinzhanova, Gani Kistauov
director Gani Kistauov
art directors Gani Kistauov, Anastasiya Taukelova
sound Alim Baygarin, Nikita Fomin
sound assistants Aliaskar Dastenov, Zhanna Doskaliyeva
video engineer Galymzhan Sanbayev
narrator Grigoriy Yefimov
music - "Symphony No. 3" by Camille Saint-Saens
performed by the Student Symphony Orchestra of the Kazakh National Conservatory
conductor Kristof Mangu
producer Kaldygul Zhanybay
The End Kazakhfilm & Asu Anima, 2006 subtitled by Niffiwan