Abdulla Karsakbayev
Directing
Biography
From 1947 to 1983, he worked as a director at the "Kazakhfilm" studio, where he participated in the creation of feature films such as "Mother and Son" (1955), "If Only Each of Us..." (1961, both co-directed with S. K. Khodzhikov), "Winged Gift" (1956, co-directed with A. Slobodnik and E. I. Fayk), and "Botagoz" (1957, co-directed with E. E. Aron). He directed feature films on historical and revolutionary themes: "Troubling Morning" (1968), "Chase in the Steppe" (1979, awarded a silver medal at the VDNH of the USSR). He mainly adapted children's films: "They Call Me Kozha" (1963, co-directed with T. B. Duisybaev, diplomas at the competition of filmmakers of Central Asia and Kazakhstan in 1964, and at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1967), "Journey into Childhood" (1969), "My Brother" (1972), "Run, While It's Not Too Late" (1974, TV film), "Hey, Cowboys!" (1975), "Alpamys Goes to School" (1976, Grand Prix at the 10th All-Union Film Festival for children's films in Riga in 1977), and "The Salty River of Childhood" (1983). He also directed chronicle and documentary films: "The Folk Crafts of the Kazakhs" (1958), "Turgai Horizons" (1963), "The Defense of Cherkassy" (1970), and "Aktobe" (1978).
Known For
From Moscow senior lieutenant Lunin comes to serve at the border post. The hero is actively involved in the life of the outpost. Meanwhile, on the other side of the border, the Ismail-gang gang is intensifying its actions ...
Post in the Mountains
A funny story of a six year old Kazakh boy who really wants to start going to school in order to join his seven year old friend.
Alpamys Goes to School
Three teenagers are left alone on the river in Kazakhstan during WWII.
The Salty River of Childhood
About a group of schoolchildren from a Kazakh aul who swore to one another that they would win the inter-collective farm sports competition.
Hey You, the Cowboys!
1918. "I don't know," he said. Commissar Tokhtar Baitenov leads a detachment of Chekists, which is not numerous. The story of the film unfolds quickly, it is a typical "Ostern" — an oriental action movie: shooting, chase, dancing of beautiful girls, but at the same time, along the film line, there is a smell of mysterious gossip and repression with characters.
Worrisome Morning
The events of a dynamic, action-packed film take place in the 20s. The main character of the picture is the red commander Rude, a man unrestrainedly brave, courageous and devoted to his work. His opponent is the cunning, insidious and elusive ataman Kudre. Tracking down his gang, Hamit at some point falls into a trap himself and becomes a prisoner of the chieftain.
Steppe Pursuit
A biographical film about the life of Gani Muratbaev, the founder of the Komsomol in the Kazakh SSR .
My Brother
A story about a funny boy named Kozha who always gets into troubles.
My Name Is Kozha
The writer Bektas-agha, arriving in his native village, remembers his childhood: his mother died early, his careless father, who married the beautiful Kulimbala, the teacher Sagatbai. It was a time of collectivization. Bai and his henchmen, playing on the feelings of people expecting hunger, persuaded the collective farmers to barytma — stealing the herd from the neighbors. The members of the cell offered to punish all the perpetrators, but they made up the majority of the residents of the village. The teacher convinced that it is impossible to punish the people for their darkness, it is necessary to find the instigators. So, overcoming their illiteracy, the resistance of the Bay bandits, the collective farmers gradually improved their lives.