Sovetbek Dzhumadylov

Youth of Dzhambul (1996)

About the great akyn of the Kazakh steppes of Dzhambul (1846-1945). ...

The Biography of a Young Accordian Player (1994)

The story of young accordionist who lives in a small post-war village on the south of Soviet Kazakhstan. ...

Anomaly (1992)

Follows the party worker who gave up his own child, and a young woman who left her baby in the garbage. After 19 years, it can be seen that the same boy and his mother are living together in a drug dispensary. ...

Hamlet from Suzak (1990)

Repak does not get tired of chasing the ghost of a romantic life, although reality proves to him every time that such a life does not exist for him. The fate of the Rappak traces the fate of a whole generation who have not found their place in people's liv ...

Plot (1989)

Kalman, released from the colony under an amnesty, turns out to be the only one who comes to the aid of a woman whose child was kidnapped... ...

Manchurian Variant (1989)

In August 1945 Soviet agent Kasym-khan Chadiyarov (Asanali Ashimov) works undercover in Manchuria, impersonating a Japanese businessman Ishijima. His mission is to prepare forthcoming Soviet operations against the Japanese Kwantung Army. ...

The Shelter for Majors (1988)

Amateur (1987)

After a serious conflict with the editor of a local newspaper, journalist Temir Ataev began working as a teacher at a boarding school for children of shepherds. The first difficulties did not frighten Temir. Captivated by his new work, Ataev was able to wi ...

The First (1985)

Epic of Love (1984)

Film adaptation of the Kyrgyz folk legend of Raimaly-aga, based on Chingiz Aitmatov's interpretation from his "The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years. ...

Men Without Women (1981)

A team of rescue workers do what they can in the desperate situation left by an earthquake in the Kyrgyz mountains. ...

A Provincial Romance (1981)

The Silver Horn of Ala-Tau (1980)

After a car accident, Kaisar's driver is deprived of his driver's license for five years. The hero gets a job as a gamekeeper, and faces shameless poaching. A young huntsman comes into the confidence of criminals and, having warned the police, organizes a ...

Early Cranes (1980)

Sultanmurat is a 14 year old boy who lives in a small Kyrgyz village. All the men have gone off to war so he is left alone to tend to the horses who are weak with hunger. ...

The Trial (1979)

Adyl Sultanov is accused of involvement in a department store robbery case. The hero, confident in his innocence, nevertheless does not immediately trust the young lawyer and for some time loses hope, but soon begins to understand that he is under the prot ...

On the Night of Lunar Eclipse (1978)

The film is based on the play of the same name by the national poet of Bashkortostan Mustai Karim. The events of the film take place in the XVII century. Drama from the history of the Bashkir people. ...

Once and for a Lifetime (1977)

The first post-revolutionary years in Kazakhstan, the period of formation of Soviet power. More than once, the bandits tried to deal with the singer of the people, the poet Erken, but could not silence him. It seemed that the earth itself kept him safe — ...

Ulan (1977)

Ulan follows a sailor whose marriage disintegrates and longs for his younger days on horseback ...

Dersu Uzala (1975)

A military explorer meets and befriends a Goldi man in Russia's unmapped forests. A deep and abiding bond evolves between the two men, one civilized in the usual sense, the other at home in the glacial Siberian woods. ...

Zhili-byli... (1974)

Film made for Kyrgyz television ...

Worship the Fire (1972)

Kyrgyzstan, the 1920s. In a remote mountain village, against the will of the local elites and in defiance of centuries-old traditions, a woman—Urkuya Salieva—is elected chair of the agricultural cooperative. Salieva is determined to build a new life wi ...

Four-Eyes (1972)

About an awkward and absent-minded boy Kubanyshbek, who only saw himself brave and strong in his dreams. But after spending the summer at his uncle's place on Issyk-Kul, he grew stronger, matured, and was finally able to stand up for himself. ...

At the Old Mill (1972)

Red Poppies of Issyk-Kul (1971)

Directed by Bolotbek Shamshiyev, the movie shows Kyrgyzstan under early Soviet rule; and tells us about opium contrabanda across the border. ...

Goodbye, Gyulsary! (1969)

The story of Tanabai the blacksmith, father of three children, who upon his return from war became a herdsman, and his tragic love for the soldier's widow Byubyudzhan. The lyrical poem has an additional storyline concerning the horse Gyulsary and his maste ...

Ak Möör (1969)

A poetic cinematic legend based on an ancient Kyrgyz folk tale. The film tells the tragic story of the all-conquering love between the beautiful Ak Moor and a simple young man named Bolot, who dared to challenge cruel feudal customs, social injustice, and ...

Gunshot at the Mountain Pass (1968)

About the Kirghiz aristocracy's attempt to battle the influx of Russian merchants in pre-Revolution days. ...

Mother's Field (1968)

In a remote Kyrgyz village, a mother navigates daily life as her family is drawn into the upheaval of World War II. Left behind to tend the land and hold her household together, she clings to hope amid growing uncertainty. As seasons pass, the quiet weight ...

Алымкан (1966)

The Skies of Our Childhood (1966)

Bakai is an old shepherd who lives in the country while his children have long grown accustomed to life in the city. When his youngest son pays him a visit, Bakai wants him to stay and help with the rigors of rural living. ...

The First Teacher (1965)

In post-Civil War 1923, a young Red Army veteran is sent to the mountainous Kirghiz region of Kyrgyzstan to establish the first school. The former soldier becomes a teacher, bringing Leninist doctrine to the remote Moslem area where elders forbade children ...

White Mountains (1964)

Mukash is chased by officials, learns of the devastation of war from a blind woman and helps her daughter to freedom beyond the river crossing, he, having to choose a tragic solution. ...

Dzhura (1964)

The end of the 1920s — the beginning of the 1930s in Kyrgyzstan. Parts of the Red Army are waging an uncompromising struggle with basmachi in Central Asia. The film tells about the formation of the character of the young Kyrgyz hunter Djura, who found h ...

Saltanat (1955)

A high-mountainous region of Kyrgyzstan. A raging disaster nearly takes the life of a girl named Saltanat, a young zootechnician from a high-mountain collective farm. She is found in the snow and rescued by a researcher Joomart. From him Saltanat learns ab ...