For many years the great Emir of Bukhara has not known happiness - he has lost the taste to delightful khalva, and now life is as sour as a lemon for him. The house of poor pot-maker Shir-Mamed, however, is full of happiness - his little son Hodzha Nasreddin has been born. Rumours have spread about his unusual abilities - maybe he will be able to make the Emir happy again?

• Gorky Film Studios
• Rifat Musin
• Nabi Rakhimov
• Mushrafa Kasymova
• Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
• Evgeniy Evstigneev
• Leonid Kanevsky
• Lyalya Chyornaya
• Usman Salimov