Suimenkul Chokmorov

The First (1985)

Wolf Trap (1983)

Samat is an orphan, and he strikes up a friendship with Musa, who is wheelchair bound due to illness. Little does he know Musa has ties to the criminal world. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

The Red Apple (1975)

A chronicle of a few days in a small family, a story about the difficulties of human contacts, the complexity of love. The image of red apples - strong and clear, profound and lucid. Okeyev's "apple" bears a special meaning. Juices of the earth and sun, it ...

The Fierce One (1973)

A boy raises a wolf cub, but when released into the wild, it returns to attack him. ...

The Seventh Bullet (1973)

Despite the restoration of Soviet power in the area, Basmachis continue to arrive from across the border, bringing death and destruction to peaceful villages. One of the bands of rebels is led by Khairulla who is pitted against the militsiya (local militia ...

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 ...

Red Poppies of Issyk-Koul (1971)

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

Extraordinary Commissar (1970)

Extraordinary Commissar Pyotr Kobozev arrives in Soviet Turkestan on Lenin's personal order. He will have to quickly and accurately understand the situation and take appropriate measures against the counter-revolutionaries. ...

Dzhamilya (1969)

In a remote Kyrgyz village, Dzhamilya follows her parents' orders when she marries a man without loving him. Then World War II breaks out and her new husband has to leave the village. While being alone, Dzhamiliya meets the returning soldier Daniyar and fa ...

Gunshot at the Mountain Pass (1968)

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