Your ultimate destination for discovering and watching movies and TV shows from around the world.

Movies

Trending
Popular
Top Rated
Now Playing
Upcoming

TV Shows

Trending
Popular
Top Rated
On Air

© 2026 FilmNation. All rights reserved.

Made withby Hussein Farshoukh

When the Whales Leave

When the Whales Leave

Romance TV Movie Fantasy Drama History

When the Whales Leave

9.0/ 10(1 votes)

1h 18m

March 19, 1982

RU

Poetic tale of love between of the hunter Gilgil and his beautiful wife Tintin, told through the Chukchi myth imagery.

Directed byAnatoli Nitochkin

Cast (11)

Gulzhan Aspetova

Gulzhan Aspetova

Nau, the eternal woman

Svetlana Khiltukhina

Svetlana Khiltukhina

Tintin/Young Nau

Makil Kulanbayev

Makil Kulanbayev

Reu

Valeriy Pya

Valeriy Pya

Young Reu

Akyl Kulambayev

Akyl Kulambayev

Reu

You Might Also Like

Mayerling

Mayerling

1968

A Royal Runaway Romance

A Royal Runaway Romance

2022

Love, Classified

Love, Classified

2022

Love in Taipei

Love in Taipei

2023

Mermaid

Mermaid

2007

Picture a Perfect Christmas

Picture a Perfect Christmas

2019

The Sleeping Dictionary

The Sleeping Dictionary

2003

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

1997

Gabriel's Inferno: Part II

Gabriel's Inferno: Part II

2020

The Secret: Dare to Dream

The Secret: Dare to Dream

2020

Next Stop, Christmas

Next Stop, Christmas

2021

Big Sky River

Big Sky River

2022

Sister of the Bride

Sister of the Bride

2019

The Good House

The Good House

2021

Dirty Sexy Saint

Dirty Sexy Saint

2019

Royal New Year's Eve

Royal New Year's Eve

2017

Love in Winterland

Love in Winterland

2020

Love Finds You in Valentine

Love Finds You in Valentine

2016

Lovely, Still

Lovely, Still

2009

I Do, I Do, I Do

I Do, I Do, I Do

2015

When the Whales Leave — FilmNation

Nurkanat Zhakypbay

Nurkanat Zhakypbay

Armol

Bolot Beyshenaliev

Bolot Beyshenaliev

Vetly

Alexander Korshunov

Alexander Korshunov

Gilgil

Andrey Martynov

Andrey Martynov

Narrator

Zhanna Rozhdestvenskaya

(Vocals)

Zhanna Bichevskaya

Zhanna Bichevskaya

(Vocals)