Acting

Zhan Baizhanbayev

Born August 5, 1961 · Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, USSR (age 65)

He was born on August 5, 1961, in Almaty. His mother, Gulzhavgar Bayzhanbaeva (died in January 1999), worked for the Socialist Kazakhstan newspaper. His father, journalist Anuarbek Aukenev, passed away in 1961. He is the nephew of Anuarbek Nygmetzhanovich Bayzhanbaev (March 26, 1923, Semipalatinsk — October 21, 1989, Almaty), a renowned announcer of the State Committee for Television and Radio Bro…

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The Blood Moon

The Blood Moon · 2024

A modern Kazakh version of Agatha Christie's plot: four married couples, two from Kazakhstan and two from Russia, win a vacation in a chalet in the Almaty mountains. But when they get together in a chalet, they are cut off from the outside world by an avalanche, and then a ruthless elimination game begins...

Racketeer

Racketeer · 2007

MovieCrimeDrama

Set in the early 1990s in Almaty, the film follows Sayan, a promising young boxer who decides to punch his way into a better life by joining a local criminal gang. As he climbs the ranks of the underworld, he quickly learns that the path of a racketeer comes with a heavy price, and some choices can never be undone. A gritty, first-person account of ambition, loyalty, and the inevitable reckoning in a lawless era.

Goodbye, Medeo

Goodbye, Medeo · 1982

MovieMusicComedy

The director and choreographer from Prague are preparing a show performance "Oriental Fairy Tale" - a ballet on ice with the participation of vocal and instrumental ensembles and pop singers. They are shooting their picture in Kazakhstan at the Medeo high-altitude skating rink.

Burst

A drama about messed up athlete who tries to regain his career.

Under Aurora

Under Aurora · 1990

The story of a man and a wolf-dog in East Siberia during the early 1900s.

Oasis of love

Oasis of love · 2012

After a conflict with her future stepfather, Lera decides to find her real father at all costs.

The Liquidator

The Liquidator · 2011

MovieActionThriller

A highly skilled bodyguard avenging his brother's untimely death uncovers a ring of corruption extending to the highest levels of society and government.

Looking for a TOQAL for My Husband

Looking for a TOQAL for My Husband · 2023

Looking for a TOQAL for My Husband

Aslan and Asima are an exemplary family. They met back in their student years, have been living happily ever since, they have a son and a daughter. Asima is undergoing another medical examination, and according to the results, the doctor informs her that "she has very little time left" Now Asima has only one option: to make her family happy. But how? At this moment, her friend Camilla comes to her aid…

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The Blood Moon

The Blood Moon · 2024

A modern Kazakh version of Agatha Christie's plot: four married couples, two from Kazakhstan and two from Russia, win a vacation in a chalet in the Almaty mountains. But when they get together in a chalet, they are cut off from the outside world by an avalanche, and then a ruthless elimination game begins...

Racketeer

Racketeer · 2007

MovieCrimeDrama

Set in the early 1990s in Almaty, the film follows Sayan, a promising young boxer who decides to punch his way into a better life by joining a local criminal gang. As he climbs the ranks of the underworld, he quickly learns that the path of a racketeer comes with a heavy price, and some choices can never be undone. A gritty, first-person account of ambition, loyalty, and the inevitable reckoning in a lawless era.

Zhan

Goodbye, Medeo

Goodbye, Medeo · 1982

MovieMusicComedy

The director and choreographer from Prague are preparing a show performance "Oriental Fairy Tale" - a ballet on ice with the participation of vocal and instrumental ensembles and pop singers. They are shooting their picture in Kazakhstan at the Medeo high-altitude skating rink.

Burst

A drama about messed up athlete who tries to regain his career.

Under Aurora

Under Aurora · 1990

The story of a man and a wolf-dog in East Siberia during the early 1900s.

Alyosha

Oasis of love

Oasis of love · 2012

After a conflict with her future stepfather, Lera decides to find her real father at all costs.

Amir Bayatovich Atabayev

The Liquidator

The Liquidator · 2011

MovieActionThriller

A highly skilled bodyguard avenging his brother's untimely death uncovers a ring of corruption extending to the highest levels of society and government.

Looking for a TOQAL for My Husband

Looking for a TOQAL for My Husband · 2023

Looking for a TOQAL for My Husband

Aslan and Asima are an exemplary family. They met back in their student years, have been living happily ever since, they have a son and a daughter. Asima is undergoing another medical examination, and according to the results, the doctor informs her that "she has very little time left" Now Asima has only one option: to make her family happy. But how? At this moment, her friend Camilla comes to her aid…

The Kazakh Business in Korea

The Kazakh Business in Korea · 2019

The Kazakh Business in Korea

The conference of the international company will be held at the Zhomart Kanatovich Hotel. A presentation of new equipment is planned. For this reason, Jomart begins to equip the hotel with high-tech household appliances. The doorman Bakdaulet accidentally breaks a very expensive client's equipment, and repairs can only be carried out in Seoul. The heroes decide to go to South Korea, only this time they leave Yerkosh in Kazakhstan to avoid unexpected adventures.

Alen

Red Yurt

Red Yurt · 1982

During the years of collectivization, the campaign team "Red Yurt" arrived in a remote Kazakh village. Fearing the organization of a collective farm in the village, the locals tried to flee abroad, but the members of the propaganda team engaged them in battle…

The House by the Salt Lake

The House by the Salt Lake · 2004

The House by the Salt Lake

The film is based on the complex intersections of human destinies during the Patriotic War. The family of the headmaster of the school, Turlyzhan Zhanakov, with their participation and care for disadvantaged people, show the high moral values inherent in Kazakhs. The house by the salt lake became a home for immigrants and evacuees and became a kind of Noah's Ark for the post-war future.

The Victims Have No Grievance

The Victims Have No Grievance · 1986

The Victims Have No Grievance

MovieMysteryCrime

A man was killed in the fight, another was seriously injured. The perpetrators confessed to what they had done. The investigator of the prosecutor's office Ilyas Sadykov had only to issue documents. But something in the testimony of the defendants alerted him, and Sadykov started the investigation anew...

Iron Mountain

Iron Mountain · 2013

MovieDramaHistory

The third part of the epic "The Way of the Leader" tell about the student years of Nursultan Nazarbayev, about the most important stages of his personality formation against the background of key events in the history of the country, when the future of Kazakhstan's industry was being built in the steppes.

Wife is Not A Wall

Wife is Not A Wall · 2018

Wife is Not A Wall

A woman finds out that her husband is having an affair. Her best friend persuades her to find the mistress and eliminate her from his life.

The Kazakh Business in Brazil

The Kazakh Business in Brazil · 2023

The Kazakh Business in Brazil

Three years have passed since the trip to India. Alain, Makpal, Yerkosh and Kazhet leave Jomart. Alain and Makpal show good results in the IT field, Bakdaulet opens a hostel in the foothills, Yerkosh goes into pop MMA. During this period, Jomart has a "midlife crisis".

Kazakh Business

Kazakh Business · 2016

Kazakh Business

A cosmopolitan Kazakh man decides to ask his rural Kazakh family members to work in his hotel - fun and chaos ensue.

Alen

The Kazakh Business in India

The Kazakh Business in India · 2022

The Kazakh Business in India

Zhomart and his relatives work at the hotel and periodically get into various comical situations.

The Kazakh Business in Turkey

The Kazakh Business in Turkey · 2021

The Kazakh Business in Turkey

The successful hotelier Zhomart Kanatovich goes to the international level. Together with Alain, Roche, Bagdaulet and newcomer Marlene, they fly to Turkey to buy a hotel at auction. But buying a hotel is not an easy task and all the heroes are waiting for new adventures, tougher than those that were in America, Africa and Korea.

Alen

The Kazakh Business in Africa

The Kazakh Business in Africa · 2018

The Kazakh Business in Africa

Zhomart and Aisulu are newlyweds, they go on a honeymoon in Kazakh, that is, together with relatives. Aisulu strives to have a good time, but the inexorable desire to earn extra money every now and then forces Zhomart's relatives to form new and new business ideas. Jomart ignores “brilliant” ideas until he meets a mysterious Kenyan businessman who offers to make money on tea purchases.

Alen

Adam and Alma

Adam and Alma · 2024

A businessman mired in debt goes to an apple orchard inherited from his father to sell it and settle financial problems. But it turns out that the garden is not empty: it is inhabited by people who are fighting for the preservation of the Almaty airport, and the ghosts of his own past.

GOK

Businessmen from China are offered to sell the Kazakh GOK (Mining and Processing Plant). Oligarchs, petty officials, timid judges — each of them receives his share from the deal, however, one of them asks rare questions for an official: "Why sell the Homeland?" and "How much does it cost?"

Porter: Errand Boy

Porter: Errand Boy · 2021

Porter: Errand Boy

MovieComedyCrime

The story of a screenwriter who gets a job as a doorman at a hotel to write a script for a movie about a hotel.

The Leader's Way. Astana

The Leader's Way. Astana · 2018

The Leader's Way. Astana

MovieDramaHistory

The president Nursultan Nazarbayev announces the transfer of the capital from Almaty to Akmola. Task is almost impossible: to transfer the capital from Alatau highland to the boundless steppes of Saryarka in a short time.

Artemisia

Artemisia · 1986

MovieFamilyDrama

Little Ergesh wants to help his sick grandfather buy expensive medicine. To earn the necessary money, he and the city guy Omash collect wormwood to deliver to the pharmacy.

Omash

Code of Silence 2. The Trail of the Black Fish

Code of Silence 2. The Trail of the Black Fish · 1994

Code of Silence 2. The Trail of the Black Fish

SeriesMysteryCrime

Khadzhinur Orezov