The Legend of Tomiris (2019)

- Country: Kazakhstan
- Action Director: Zhaidarbek Kunguzhinov
- Directed by: Akan Satayev
- Starring: Adil Akhmetov, Aizhan Lighg, Almira Tursyn, Berik Aytzhanov, Erkebulan Dairov, Ghassan Massoud, Satybaldy Azamat
Straight and sober historical war epic detailing the Tomiris story; the Scythian queen of Central Asia’s Massagetae tribe credited for uniting the nomadic clans of the ‘steppe’ – vast, empty grasslands – and leading them into battle against the might of Cyrus the Great and his Persian army in 530 BC. There are conflicting accounts as to circumstances surrounding the death of the first Persian King and the validity of the Tomiris legend. It was originally documented some 100 years after the event by Ancient Greek historian, Herodotus. This film version ditches Ancient Greece in favour of the Syrian capital of …
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