Queen of the Mountains (film)

Queen of the Mountains (Kyrgyz: Kurmanjan Datka) is a 2014 Kyrgyzstani epic[2][3][4][5] drama film directed by Sadyk Sher-Niyaz.

[6] The film begins in 1816 in Alay District, when a young Kurmanjan Datka is brought to a fortune teller in a cave who foretells that she will one day be worth ten sons.

Kokand's khan invades Alay and the tenuous Kyrgyz unity is threatened, until Kurmanjan (who just presided over a birth and was told to seek safety) shows up with the women of her tribe to strengthen the army.

The emir, unhappy with the khan's assassination of Alymbek, himself returns the body, with the head of the killer, and proclaims Kurmanjan as datka.

Now united, quickly after the fall of the khanate the Alai people submit to the Russian Empire who recognize their courage, and general Mikhail Skobelev negotiates with Kuramanjan.