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Kauken Kenzhetayev

Kauken Kenzhetayev

Acting

Biography

He was born on April 25, 1916, in the village of Bayan-Aul (now in the Pavlodar region of Kazakhstan) into a family of a peasant-herder. He was the biological brother of the famous Kazakh director Shaken Aimanov. He comes from the Ay-Dabol subclan of the Suyindyk tribe of the Argyn clan. From 1935 to 1941, he studied at the Kazakh studio at the Moscow State Conservatory. From 1942 to 1946, he worked in the border guards' song and dance ensemble in Khabarovsk. In 1950, he graduated from the vocal department of the Almaty Conservatory. From 1946 to 1979, he was a soloist (baritone) and director at the Abai Kazakh State Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet. Since 1979, he worked as a teacher and head of the Department of Musical Comedy at the Almaty Theater and Arts Institute.

Known For

Lady Zhibek
8.5

Kyz-Zhibek - Kazakh poetic folk legend of the 16th century, tells about the period in the Kazakh nation when the people suffered from bloody feuds. In those times each province of the Kazakh nation had its own Khan and each tried to supersede the other. The love story of Tolegen, the brave warrior, and the beauty Zhibek ends tragically because of inter-family strife. Tolegen is foully murdered by Bekejan (the batyr, or nobleman, of the rival family), who earlier strived for the hand of Zhibek. Zhibek commits suicide after learning about the death of Tolegen.

Lady Zhibek

1972
The Song of Manshuk
7.0

The story of the hero of the Soviet Union, Manshuk Mametova, machine-gunner of the 21st Guards Rifle Division of the 3rd shock army of the Kalinin Front, the guards sergeant in charge. The first woman awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for bravery. The film recreates the past and shows a day of combat life Manshuk and her comrades, who took unequal battle with German tanks.

The Song of Manshuk

1969
White Square
N/A

A young boxer named Kuat, who is brought up in the ring by a wise and demanding trainer, achieves considerable success and becomes a good athlete. He finds his happiness in great love...

White Square

1971
The Traces Go Beyond the Horizon
9.0

Zhaukhaz leaves her father's house, as custom dictates and her stepmother wishes. Zhaukhaz does not love her future husband, but she does not dare to break the old custom. Zhaukhaz, along with her husband and his parents, lives in a remote high-altitude pasture. The entire family tends a flock of collective farm sheep. The daily life of the shepherd's family is harsh, and the work is monotonous: cleaning the kennels, feeding the sheep, and, on sunny and quiet days, taking them out for grazing. The winter house is surrounded by silence. Sometimes it seems scary. On one of those days, when she fell in love with a young machine operator from Tanabay's neighboring brigade, Zhauhaz realized how vast life was and how fragile the bonds of old customs that tied her to an unloved man were.

The Traces Go Beyond the Horizon

1965
Keep Your Star
N/A

The son of an old shepherd got married, and the young daughter-in-law Saltanat entered the family with love and tenderness. She immediately fell in love with the parents of her husband Tastan, and she surrounded him with female care. And for her husband's brother, the girl became a true friend. The family honors traditions, does not consider them a relic of the past and believes in unity with their ancestors. How Saltanat's life will develop further - see the film Keep Your Star.

Keep Your Star

1975
Spring
N/A

Nurse Aigerim fell in love with herdsman Ablai, a kind and brave man... It was these qualities that helped Ablai defend his love and win a moral victory over his rival, the handsome Baranbai.

Spring

1974
Moscow is Behind Us
N/A

Based on the books and materials of Bauyrzhan Momyshuly and dedicated to the Panfilov division, which fought near Moscow in 1941, about the heroism of its soldiers, who stopped the fascists and on December 22, 1941 and went into a counterattack.

Moscow is Behind Us

1967
Snowstormy Station
N/A

During the second world war two friends work at a remote railway station in the steppes. When one dies the other's request to bury him according to Islamic rituals in a sacred place is denied by the Soviet authorities, who use that place for rocket testing.

Snowstormy Station

1995
Resound, Tam-Tam!
9.0

Having decided to run away to Africa, three Kazakh schoolboys—Arman, Murun, and Temirton—hastily begin studying English and the ethnography of African tribes. They often dream about the heroic deeds their squad will accomplish while defending the oppressed peoples of Africa.

Resound, Tam-Tam!

1968
No image
8.0

A herdsman leaves his flock for the city, dreaming of becoming a cosmonaut, but he is rejected. Working a small job in a film studio, he is singled out for his looks and becomes a stand-in for a star actor.

Return to Earth

1959
At Red Stones Outpost
N/A

The film takes place near the border outpost "Red Stones". Three guys: the grandson of a herdsman, his cousin, who came on vacation from the city and the daughter of the head of the frontier post, met by chance in the Kazakh border steppes, where they spent time playing games. But when the real danger comes to replace the games, the guys proved to be real border guards.

At Red Stones Outpost

1970