Eisenstein in Alma-Ata

Eisenstein in Alma-Ata 1999

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This video chronicles a crucial period in the life of the great Soviet filmmaker, Sergei Eisenstein (1898-1948), when he left Moscow during WWII for the Kazakhstan capital to film Ivan the Terrible (1943). Suffering under a heavy work schedule, fighting artistic interference from the Ministry of Cinema, constantly fearful of arrest by Stalin's secret police, crushed by feelings of loneliness and forebodings of death, Eisenstein suffered his first heart attack. The video visits sites where he lived and worked, features intimate excerpts from Eisenstein's diary, rare production footage, the director's sketches and screen tests, and interviews with friends, coworkers, and Soviet journalists and film critics, including Naum Kleiman, curator of the Eisenstein Museum.

1999

Symbol of Faith

Symbol of Faith 2018

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13-year-old Batyr wants to spend more time with his grandmother, but she's dead. He encounters pressure about the wrong act when the cattleman comes to them with milk.

2018

Monumental Art of Kazakhstan

Monumental Art of Kazakhstan 1976

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Documentary about monumental art in Kazakhstan, produced by the Central State Archive for Film, Photo, and Audiorecordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

1976

First Snow

First Snow 2019

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Scandalous ruinous article is about to be published by a journalist. Main protagonist Anuar and his gang are hired to kill the journalist. The night ours story takes place Anuar witnesses a family scene between the journalist and his son, morally torn Anuar has to make a difficult choice whether to commit a murder on a person who has a son and a wife, just like him.

2019

Wings Given by the Mother

Wings Given by the Mother 2017

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A story of two brothers living in a village with different ambitions, views and fortunes, trying to raise money for their mother.

2017