
Satybaldy Narymbetov
Directing
Biography
Satybaldy Zhalelovich Narymbetov (Kazakh: Сатыбалды Жәлелұлы Нарымбетов; born 8 March 1946 - 8 July 2021; Achisai) was a Soviet and Kazakh film director and screenwriter. Honored Worker of Kazakhstan (2005). Laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Kazakhstan (1996). Graduated from the script department of VGIK (1969); Higher courses of screenwriters and directors at the USSR State Cinema (workshop of the People's Artist of the USSR G. Danelia, 1984). Since 1973 he has been a member of the USSR Cinematographers' Union. He was a member of the Writers' Union of Kazakhstan. He died on July 8, 2021, and was buried at the Kensai-2 cemetery.
Known For

The parable is about a young man who lives in his imaginary world and gets into various funny situations.
Don Quixote of My Childhood

A story that spans three periods in Kazakh history, it links mid 19th century struggles against the Russians to two 20th century episodes revolving around the fate of former political prisoner Ermukhan Bekmakhanov, who was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for writing historical books about Kazakh national hero Kenesary Kasymov and his national liberation movement.
Amanat

A story about the blows inflicted on Kazakhstan by soviet government.
Leyla’s Prayer

A story about two friends-pilots who despite of having a bit of trouble with luck don't give up on hope & optimism.
Ompa

The film is about how the aul boy Cher raised a handsome horse from a Shock foal, about the boy's love and devotion to the animal. And when the boy's older brother sells the horse, the boy rushes in search of him...
Shok and Sher

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

May 1945. In a small town of the province of Kazakhstan, far from the front of the war draws to a close, young Vladik and Mary, and Akezhan, a boy a bit ‘largest are among the displaced. It is through the eyes of the latter, his feelings and his reactions, that we enter into intimacy with the different characters and their stories.
The Last Cold Days

A bipoic about Mustafa Shokai, a distinguished Kazakh politican of 1920's.
Mustafa Shokai

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 lives.
Hamlet from Suzak

About the Soviet man, his honesty, intransigence with evil.
Hawthorn

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…
Red Yurt

The documentary is dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Honored Worker of Kazakhstan, Opinion Prize winner, writer, screenwriter and film director Sadul-Satybaldy Narymbetov. His name is occupied by writing the golden fund of Kazakh cinema, and his works are considered a classic national cinema.
Born of History

A way station is lost in the boundless Kazakh steppe. A wayfarer lives in a small house with his daughter Saule.
Steppe Express

A single woman, Nesibeli, raises her son and daughter without a husband. Despite the hardships, she remains cheerful, kind, and always ready to help others, which helps her overcome life’s challenges.
Nesibeli
"There were three of us — Grishka, Kanatai and me. We were sitting on a flat boulder near the mill and talking lazily for nothing to do. The youngest of us is Kanatai, a pale, thin boy. He's two years younger than me, and he looks like he could get a couple more years. Grishka is red-haired and thick-lipped. He is already in his thirties, and this puts him at the center of our random company. In addition, he occupies the highest, in our understanding, official position, commanding the local mill. And the flour dust covering him from crown to toe always reminds us of this."
Autumn Winding Roads

About a young guy from the province who enters into an unequal struggle with the mafia.