Directing
Shaken Aimanov
Born October 16, 1914 · Bayanaul, Bayanaul district, Pavlodar region, Kazakhstan
Died December 23, 1970 · aged 56
Shaken Kenzhetaevich Aimanov (Kazakh: Шәкен Кенжетайұлы Айманов; born 15 October 1914 – 23 December 1970; Bayanaul) was a Soviet (Kazakh) film director, screenwriter, actor. He is considered to be the father of Kazakh cinematography, as well as an iconic film director and actor. He directed eleven films between 1954 and 1970. Aimanov was born in Bayanaul, Russian Empire (now Kazakhstan) in 1914. …
Known For
A Poem About Love · 1954A Poem About Love
★ 10.01954
MovieRomanceDrama
A film based on the Kazakh epic poem of the XIII-XIV century. The film tells about the founders of Sarybay and Karabay, who, due to circumstances, violate the oath given to each other to seal their blood-tied friendship. However, their children Kozy Korpesh and Bayan Sulu develop mutual feelings.
The Land of Our Fathers · 1966The Land of Our Fathers
★ 6.31966
MovieDrama
An old man decides to find the body of his son, a Kazakh soldier who died fighting somewhere in Russia, to bury him in the land of his ancestors. Travelling across the land with his grandson, they discover the harsh reality of war. And when they finally find the coveted grave, they realise that many brothers-in-arms are buried with the soldier. Every inch of the great homeland becomes the land of our fathers, the land of the ancestors...
In One District · 1961In One District
★ 8.01961
MovieDrama
About the secretary of the district committee of the party, Sabyr Bayanov, who at the beginning of his work deservedly won the authority and respect of people, and then, having become arrogant, he lost his sense of responsibility and turned into a bureaucrat.
Song Calls · 1961Song Calls
★ 8.01961
MovieDrama
In the center of the plot of the film is the fate of a young girl Aigul. She works well in the collective farm fields, acts as a leader of the youth, dreams of creating her own folk theater in her native collective farm. The famous singer Dosai Nurlanov, by a misunderstanding, gets into the "Singing village" (this is the playful name of the collective farm) and becomes a witness to the growing culture of the village. This inspires him to become the head of the people's theater...
Crossroads · 1963Crossroads
★ 5.01963
MovieDrama
The film tells about the ambulance doctor Galia Ismailova, her worries and joys.
The Road of Life · 1959The Road of Life
1959
MovieDrama
The train goes to Moscow. In the same carriage with the railway workers who are going to the meeting, there is a Chinese writer collecting material for his future novel about the people of Soviet Kazakhstan. He discovers an old newspaper in his archive. The newspaper contains photos of the best drummers — builders of Turksib: Ospan, Hakim, Boris, Hadisha and others. They turn out to be the writer's neighbors on the car — yesterday's ordinary workers, builders, now the most prominent statesmen, heads of railways. At the request of the writer, Ospan tells a touching story of their life and love.
Gunshot at the Mountain Pass · 1968Gunshot at the Mountain Pass
★ 6.41968
MovieDrama
About the Kirghiz aristocracy's attempt to battle the influx of Russian merchants in pre-Revolution days.
White Rose · 1943White Rose
★ 8.01943
MovieDrama
The granddaughter of the old man Jagpara Sabira is beautiful, spoiled, cunning. Several young men immediately fall in love with her. They all hope to get a positive response from her and calmly go to the front. Sabira does not openly deny reciprocity to any of them. As a sign of respect, she gives a white rose to the lovers of the horseman. Every horseman, not knowing that Sabira gave the same white rose to everyone else, hopes for her love. But she sends all the horsemen to her grandfather for a final answer.













