Person

Abdulla Karsakbayev

Directing · 1926–1983 · village Karakastek, Kazakh SSR, RSFSR, USSR.

From 1947 to 1983, he worked as a director at the "Kazakhfilm" studio, where he participated in the creation of feature films such as "Mother and Son" (1955), "If Only Each of Us..." (1961, both co-directed with S. K. Khodzhikov), "Winged Gift" (1956, co-directed with A. Slobodnik and E. I. Fayk), and "Botagoz" (1957, co-directed with E. E. Aron). He directed feature films on historical and revolutionary themes: "Troubling Morning" (1968), "Chase in the Steppe" (1979, awarded a silver medal at the VDNH of the USSR). He mainly adapted children's films: "They Call Me Kozha" (1963, co-directed with T. B. Duisybaev, diplomas at the competition of filmmakers of Central Asia and Kazakhstan in 1964, and at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1967), "Journey into Childhood" (1969), "My Brother" (1972), "Run, While It's Not Too Late" (1974, TV film), "Hey, Cowboys!" (1975), "Alpamys Goes to School" (1976, Grand Prix at the 10th All-Union Film Festival for children's films in Riga in 1977), and "The Salty River of Childhood" (1983). He also directed chronicle and documentary films: "The Folk Crafts of the Kazakhs" (1958), "Turgai Horizons" (1963), "The Defense of Cherkassy" (1970), and "Aktobe" (1978).

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  My Name Is Kozha

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  The Salty River of Childhood

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  Worrisome Morning

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  Hey You, the Cowboys!

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  Journey to Childhood

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  My Brother

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  Steppe Pursuit

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  Alpamys Goes to School

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  Post in the Mountains

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• 1983The Salty River of ChildhoodDirector
• 1979Steppe PursuitDirector
• 1978Alpamys Goes to SchoolDirector
• 1975Hey You, the Cowboys!Director
• 1971My BrotherDirector
• 1968Journey to ChildhoodDirector
• 1968Worrisome MorningDirector
• 1963My Name Is KozhaDirector
• 1953Post in the Mountains