The Needle

The Needle 1988

6.64

Moro returns to Alma-Ata to collect money owed to him. While waiting out an unexpected delay, he visits his former girlfriend Dina and discovers she has become a morphine addict. He decides to help her kick the habit and to fight the local drug mafia responsible for her condition.

1988

Revenge

Revenge 1990

6.00

Enraged, a teacher murders a young female pupil. Over the years, another boy is bred for one sole purpose: to avenge his sister’s death.

1990

The Stray White and the Speckled

The Stray White and the Speckled 1986

5.10

In a poor provincial town, the ragamuffin boys are frenziedly drilled for combat, and at nights the local elite, gathered in a pool room, boasts of fictitious biographies, while bands of boys amuse themselves with bloody fights on trashy vacant plots… One of the most vivid staples of the postwar childhood were pigeons. They could be bought, sold or stolen. One day a beautiful white dove appeared over the town. Risking his life, Ivan caught the White. And immediately became the target of the "pigeon" mafia…

1986

The Victims Have No Grievance

The Victims Have No Grievance 1986

6.00

A man was killed in the fight, another was seriously injured. The perpetrators confessed to what they had done. The investigator of the prosecutor's office Ilyas Sadykov had only to issue documents. But something in the testimony of the defendants alerted him, and Sadykov started the investigation anew...

1986

Botagoz

Botagoz 1958

1

A film is based on the novel by a Kazakh writer Sabit Mukanov. It shows Kazakhstan in 1916-1917 and how people reacted to tough times, the World War I and the ideas of the revolution and Bolshevism. Botagoz is a girl who never stopped believing in justice, despite numerous trials. She performed a heroic act and contributed to the battle against the White Guardsmen (Belogvardeytsi)

1958

On the Wild Coast of the Irtysh

On the Wild Coast of the Irtysh 1959

1

The builders of the hydroelectric power station face a difficult task: it is necessary to speed up the work in order to provide electricity to a number of other industrial facilities in the region. Construction managers are taking different paths to solving this problem.

1959

Lady Zhibek

Lady Zhibek 1972

8.00

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.

1972

Trans-Siberian Express

Trans-Siberian Express 1977

5.60

An espionage thriller set aboard the train of the title. A group of agents try to thwart the Japanese-Soviet trade agreement by assassinating a Japanese businessman.

1977

The Land of Our Fathers

The Land of Our Fathers 1966

6.10

An old man decides to find the body of his son, a Kazakh soldier who died fighting somewhere in Russia, to bury him in the land of his ancestors. Travelling across the land with his grandson, they discover the harsh reality of war. And when they finally find the coveted grave, they realise that many brothers-in-arms are buried with the soldier. Every inch of the great homeland becomes the land of our fathers, the land of the ancestors...

1966

Secrets of Madame Wong

Secrets of Madame Wong 1986

4.20

Police commissioner is fighting a criminal group leaded by mysterious Madame Vong while looking for a treasure hidden by pirates hundreds of years ago.

1986

TsOKS in Alma-Ata

TsOKS in Alma-Ata 1974

1

In August 1941, two largest Soviet film studios Mosfilm and Lenfilm were evacuated to Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan. There, together with the newly founded Alma-Ata Film Studio, they were merged into TsOKS (Central United Film Studio), which became the main center of film production in the country until 1944. Now Kazakh film industry veterans who worked at the studio during these years recall the dawn of national cinema and years of work with Eisenstein, Pudovkin, Romm and others.

1974

My Name Is Kozha

My Name Is Kozha 1963

4.50

A story about a funny boy named Kozha who always gets into troubles.

1963

Angel Wearing Tubeteika

Angel Wearing Tubeteika 1969

7.20

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.

1969

The Song of Manshuk

The Song of Manshuk 1969

6.00

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.

1969

The Fall of Otrar

The Fall of Otrar 1991

6.00

A staggering historical epic about the intrigue and turmoil of the East Asian civilization of Otrar, before its systematic destruction at the hands of Genghis Khan.

1991

The Fierce One

The Fierce One 1973

4.60

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

1973

Crossroads

Crossroads 1963

2.00

The film tells about the ambulance doctor Galia Ismailova, her worries and joys.

1963