• Producer(s):

    ARTE FRANCE, SYSTEM TV

  • Territories:

    Worldwide.

  • Production year:

    2010

  • Language(s):

    Spanish, French

  • Rights:

    TV, DVD, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD

At an altitude of over 6,000 metres, the Tian Shan peaks tower above the silk road that once linked Europe to China. 

The mountain chain crosses Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, two Central Asian republics that became independent after the collapse of the Soviet Empire.
Asia’s most ancient legends were born in these sparsely populated mountains. Evgueny Vilesov is an expert on the region’s largest glacier, the Tuyuk-Su. He lives in Almaty, formerly known as Alma-Ata.