Watch on Soap2day. There are three characters in the film. Classics of science and culture of Kazakhstan. Mukhtar Auezov (1897-1961), Kanysh Satpayev (1899-1964), Alkey Margulan (1904-1985). They have a difficult fate. During the years of repression, they were persecuted by the authorities for studying the Kazakh folk epic, but they did not lose their humanity. They were friends and helped each other.