the movie's director was akan satayev. "the historical drama was filmed based on order of the kazakh ministry of culture and sports." the producer was aliya nazarbayeva. the movie was made by the kazakhfilm film studio with participation of sataifilm. the movie's director of props was kuat tleubaev. it cost 2.259 billion tenge (about 6,500,000 us$) to make. it was filmed in kazakhstan.