The Path Of Selfless Love

The Path Of Selfless Love

1972 · 73 min · ★ 6.6 · Family, Drama

On one of his trips through the nature reserve, the ranger Michailytsch found a young lynx whose mother was killed by a bear. He takes it with him to his log cabin and calls it Kunak, which means friend. The young lynx gets used to the human environment. He grows up to become a stately lynx. When he attacks a rooster one day, he is sent away. On his wanderings through the Siberian forest, he is caught in a poacher’s trap. Only after a long search does Michailytsch find Kunak and frees him. But the lynx came to the attention of thieves who catch it and sell it to a circus in the city…

Directed by Agasi Babayan · Written by Leonid Belokurov

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Dmitriy Orlovskiy лесник Михалыч
Filimon Sergeyev участковый Фёдор Гаврилов
Georgi Rybakov
Evgeniy Zosimov браконьер
Arkadi Tolbuzin браконьер Виктор
Boris Sichkin актёр цирка, гость Михалыча
Viktor Koval
Galina Rybak гостья Михалыча
Sergey Yurtaykin браконьер Лёха

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