Lola Abdulkarimova
Acting
Biography
LOLA ABDULKARIMOVA Born on August 28, 1935, in the village of Yamga (Yakutia). Kazakh actress. She graduated from the Tashkent Choreographic School (1952). From 1952 to 1954, she was an actress at the Tashkent Philharmonic. From 1956 to 1958, she was a soloist of the Kazakh Song and Dance Ensemble and later became an actress at the Kazakhfilm studio. In the 1990s, after finishing her career at Kazakhfilm, she moved with her husband, cinematographer Askhat Ashrapov, to the Moscow region in Russia, where she continued her creative work. In 1990, she founded the film company Alliance and served as its artistic director and producer. She spent the last 17 years of her life in Crimea, caring for her seriously ill husband, who was bedridden but continued to take part in her work on the screenplay Crown of Love until his last days. Unfortunately, the death of Askhat Tazetdinovich halted preparations for the 50th anniversary of the couple’s creative and family life. Honored Artist of the Kazakh SSR. She was awarded numerous government and cinematographic certificates of merit from various republics. She was elected a deputy of the district council of the 101st constituency of the Frunze district of Alma-Ata, served as deputy chair of the housing and domestic commission of the Union of Cinematographers of the Kazakh SSR, and chaired the Association of Women Filmmakers of Kazakhstan. In 1989, she was appointed chairwoman of the Board and artistic director of the women’s film studio Edelweiss. She was repeatedly elected as a delegate to congresses of cinematographers of the USSR. Veteran of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia, member of the Guild of Film Actors of Russia. She passed away on April 21, 2023.
Known For
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
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 hunt for them.
The Silver Horn of Ala-Tau
A Kazakh spy thriller: In 1921, at the height of the civil war, a Soviet officer is assigned to kill the ataman Dutov, a White collaborator. In order to get close to the ataman he infiltrates his gang.
The End of Ataman
About the struggle for the gold of the Kaniyuta cave. In the 1930s, Sokolova, a geologist, died here during excavations, and Mukhamed, a guide, killed her to preserve the secret of the cave. Decades later, he reappears in the cave as a member of the expedition under the name of Javkharia...
The Mystery of the Kaniyuta Cave
Taylak is a kind teacher of geography. People call him "Angel in a tubeteika, a traditional Central Asian skull cap," for his kind caring personality and also because he never parts with his traditional skull cap. One day his mother comes to Almaty to visit him. She decides that it's time her son got married and she starts to look for a bride for Taylak.
Angel Wearing Tubeteika
About the secretary of the district committee of the party, Sabyr Bayanov, who at the beginning of his work deservedly won the authority and respect of people, and then, having become arrogant, he lost his sense of responsibility and turned into a bureaucrat.
In One District
Old shepherd Serkebai seeks a second lambing from his flock, but kolkhoz chairman Aisary, citing lack of pasture and water, urges slaughtering the sheep. Defying him, Serkebai leads the flock across the Syr Darya into the Kyzyl Kum desert with several kolkhoz workers and his daughter Marzhan. After days without finding a well, Serkebai gives leadership to Kundebai and departs alone to die in the sands, followed by the sheep. Searching for her father, Marzhan meets hydrogeologists drilling an artesian well, where she falls in love with geologist Imash. The team rescues Serkebai’s group, and water bursts from the well, forming a lake to which the entire kolkhoz soon relocates.
If Each of Us
1954. The first detachment of young virgin lands arrives in the remote Kazakh steppe. The old forester Bulanbai warns the guys about the difficulties, but the youth boldly gets to work. We have to fight not only with the harsh nature, but also with the inertia of the director of the trust of state farms Kuanysh Korkutov. Contrary to his instructions, the director of the Komsomolsky state farm Kudryash prefers to process heavy, but more promising land masses. The secretary of the regional committee Beisov supports Kudryash. Korkunov is being removed from office. Soon a new group of young people arrives at the state farm...
Here We Live
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
Aidar and Galiya have long been in love with each other. Aidar works as a horse breeder, and Galiya is a senior herdswoman at a collective farm stud farm. One day, due to an accidental misunderstanding, the young people quarrel. Angarbay, the store manager, who is also in love with Galiya, is trying to take advantage of this.
Dzhigit Girl
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Meetings at Medeo
Young Akbota goes to visit her grandmother in Alma Ata and brings her saplings of the sacred archie tree. On the way, she meets architect Murad, and then his wife, actress Sholpan...
Three Days of a Holiday
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
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!
A group of schoolchildren, having decided to congratulate their mothers on the 8th of March, go to the mountains for snowdrops. Various adventures await them on the way, they have to overcome many difficulties. But despite this, the guys come home with flowers.
Snowdrops
Grisha secretly leaves for the virgin lands without his mother’s permission. The young man quickly adapts to the new hardships and soon, despite his age, becomes one of the leaders of the brigade. Grisha’s mother, Pelageya Maksimovna, arrives at the virgin-land state farm to take her son home, but she ends up staying there and, with motherly love, cooks food for the young pioneers of the virgin lands, who become as dear to her as her own son.
Mother and Son
The film consists of three novellas that criticize bribery, indifference, callousness, parasitism, and other human vices. "The Necklace." Aldan's mother left him to guard her ice cream cart while she went to the store to buy a necklace... "The Newlyweds." Sholpan received an anonymous letter and went to her husband's construction site to investigate the situation... "Believe It or Not." The protagonist of this novella is a sheep. Funny things happen to him...