Nataliya

Chadyarov, going under the succinct name Fan, owns a cabaret in Harbin. One day, a representative of the White emigration intelligence, Fedotov, threatens him and forces him to travel to Moscow on the Trans-Siberian Express for a secret mission. On the same train travels a major Japanese industrialist, Saito, who recently suffered a tragedy with his daughter being brutally murdered. Despite this, he is heading to Moscow to begin trade negotiations with the Soviet Union. An assassination plot is being prepared against Saito, with Fan being the perfect suspect who can be quietly eliminated later. However, the cabaret owner has his own plans for this trip.

Action

Drama

Trans-Siberian Express

Транссибирский экспресс

A group of filmmakers from Kazakhstan and Russia are preparing to shoot a documentary about the campaigns of Alexander the Great. They will soon depart from Almaty to Afghanistan. Among them is a young woman named Dinara. Her lover tries to dissuade her from this dangerous journey, but she is adamant. The young man then turns to his father, Marat Ayumov, a war veteran who lost his leg in Afghanistan, for help. However, Marat chooses a different approach: he volunteers to accompany the group as a guide, as he has unfinished business left there.

Kazakhstan

Russia

Return to «A»

Возвращение в «А»

Leila's village is unlike any other. Black clouds float over it, mushroom-like clouds rise beyond the hills, and its graveyard outnumbers its living inhabitants. Leila, a young and beautiful girl, is raised by her rough truck-driving aunt, Katira, after her parents' demise. Mostly left to herself, Leila spends her days riding her donkey, having peculiar dreams, befriending an old Jew, and helping him construct cemetery ladders for the deceased to reach heaven. Little does she know about the trials ahead, emanating from the mysterious and beautiful clouds of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site.

Leila’s Prayer

Қызжылаған

Mustafa Shokay, a prominent politician of the first half of the 20th century, aspired to unite the people of Central Asia into a large, peaceful Turkic state. His activities drew the attention of the totalitarian regime, and his ideas were labeled anti-Soviet. Mustafa Shokay had to flee, wandering through the Caucasus, Turkey, France with his loyal wife Maria, who sacrificed her brilliant opera career for him. Even far from his homeland, he lived for its needs and aspirations, doing everything possible and sometimes impossible to realize his idealistic dream of Turkestan's independence.

Biography

Mustafa Shoqai

Мұстафа Шоқай

Young Manshuk, a true daughter of the steppes, is stern and taciturn, yet fragile and dreamy. She voluntarily goes to the front to defend her homeland from German invaders. Every day, she bravely fights on the front lines, risking her life to protect her comrades. The cheerful and sociable Lieutenant Valentin Yezhov falls in love with the courageous girl. However, Manshuk ignores his attentions, as she is focused on something else - the war. Love is not her concern now. During one of the battles, her battalion is tasked with capturing and holding a crucial height.

Nataliya Arinbasarova: фильмография