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Satybaldy Narimbetov

He was born in Turkmenistan, in 1946. In 1969 he graduated from the Screenwriting Department of Moscows VGIK. In the eighties he went back to the VGIK and studied film direction under Georgyi Danelia. In 1972 he began working as a screenwriter and wrote the screenplay for the film Shock and Sher. He made his first film in 1974.

FILMOGRAPHY
(English titles)
1974 Fascination
1983 Fall Winding Roads
1987 The Son-in-law from the Province
1990 Hamlet from Suzak
1994 Biography of a Young Accordion Player
1998 Ompa

THE FILMS

Kozymnin karazy /
BIOGRAPHY OF A YOUNG ACCORDION PLAYER
Kazakhstan 1994
Direction: Satybaldy Narimbetov. Screenplay: Iztule Izmagambetova, Satybaldy Narimbetov. Cinematography: Hasan Kydyralev. Editing: Svetlana Hyarova. Sound: Igor Pozdenko. Sets: R. Andrashev. Cast: Daylet Tanev, Pit Haytovich, Bakhishan Halpejsov. Production: Kazachfilm Studio
B&W-Color 90min

Esken is a little boy living in a mining village in southern Kazakhstan. It is the years following WWII, and Esken, curious by nature, proceeds to discover the world. On Saturday nights, the villagers get together and dance, while Esken plays his accordion. Life passes by peacefully, despite the fact that the Party watches over everything and arrests anyone considered to be an opponent of the rgime. One day, EskenΥs father is arrested and accused of allowing some Japanese soldiers Πnow prisoners living in the villageΠ to sit at his table...


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