Movies: Doskhan Zholzhaksynov

The Nomad is a historical epic set in 18th-century Kazakhstan. The film is a fictionalised account of the youth and coming-of-age of Ablai Khan, as he grows and fights to defend the fortress at Hazrat-e Turkestan from Dzungar invaders....

Set in the 15th century, the story follows the formation of the Kazakh state after the death of Genghis Khan and the usurpation of power by one of Khan's descendants, leading the sultans Kerei and Janibek to resort to some nomadic tribes to remove th...

A universal story about the freedom of the human spirit and the struggle against slavery and despotism, about love, loss and betrayal. It is seen through the eyes of simple Kazakh kids and teenagers....

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 al...

The plot of this adventurous film revolves around a bank check for $5 million. The tough mafiosi, the police, and even... three teenagers - the young Russian hero Ilya, the Kazakh computer prodigy Akezhan and the girl Sonya - are trying to get him 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 husb...

The director and choreographer from Prague are preparing a show performance "Oriental Fairy Tale" - a ballet on ice with the participation of vocal and instrumental ensembles and pop singers. They are shooting their picture in Kazakhstan at the Medeo...

XV century. In the vast expanses of Eurasia, the descendants of Genghis Khan create their own state. The promised land of Kazakh Khanate is resisting its enemies.....

On a frozen and forbidding shoreline of northern Sakhalin Island, to the north of Japan, live the Nyvkh people, whose austere, heroic struggle for survival depends solely on their ability to hunt the seal and to fish. This blunt glimpse into their qu...

"Mirages of Love" is a Soviet-Syrian film directed by Tolomush Okeyev about the fate of Mani, a medieval oriental master....

They met Antipov on a train carrying evacuees to Kazakhstan in the fall of 1941. A young woman with a young son warmly accepted his help and support....

The events of a dynamic, action-packed film take place in the 20s. The main character of the picture is the red commander Rude, a man unrestrainedly brave, courageous and devoted to his work. His opponent is the cunning, insidious and elusive ataman ...

Directed by Tolomush Okeyev....

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

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....

The Russian Descendant of the Snow Leopard is based on a famous Kirghizian folktale. Apparently the Kirghizian folks had plenty of time to tell this story: to print a full synopsis would result in a novelette. Essentially, the story involves a proud ...

The story of the fate of Kunanbai, who was born in 1804 in the village of Shyngystau, Semipalatinsk region. He was a fair volost judge, whose son Abai glorified his homeland and the Kazakh people with his works for centuries....

Fifth-grader Murat Batyrbaev grew up like a mama's boy, was often sick, was weak and indecisive. At school he got straight C grades and avoided physical education classes. One day, while skipping another lesson, he met a new student in the class, w...

About the fight against poaching in the camel-breeding state farm. The young worker Daut returned with his family from the city to his native land. It was difficult at first in the steppe without water, gas, light. Suddenly, the local driver Askerbek...

The plot is based on the story of a former teacher who became one of the leaders of the party leadership of Uzbekistan, involved in the "cotton business". He is accidentally killed by his own son in a shootout with assassins of party mafiosi....