
Acting
Dinmukhamet Akhimov
Born 1948-08-08 · Aktogay, Semipalatinskaya oblast, Kazakh SSR, USSR
After completing a two-year course at the Kazakhfilm studio, Dimash Akhimov began acting in films in 1968. In 1970, he entered the acting department at the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (Moscow) in the class of Boris Babochkin and graduated successfully in 1974. His diploma work included the lead role in William Shakespeare's play Othello, as well as the role of the mayor in Nikolai Gogol's The Government Inspector. In 1987, he entered the directing faculty at the T. K. Zhurgenov Kazakh National Academy of Arts, completing it in 1990. Over his 48-year acting career, he starred in more than 100 films and TV series across 13 studios in countries of the former USSR, as well as abroad, including Czechoslovakia, Poland, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, France, Japan, India, Iran, and others. He currently resides in Almaty, Kazakhstan. His work in the film industry was recognized with the title "Honored Artist of the Kazakh SSR" in 1990, and in 2008, he was awarded the "Order of Kurmet." In 2014, overcoming the language barrier, he played the role of a guide in the TV series Marco Polo, produced by The Weinstein Company. A year later, Dimash portrayed the criminal authority Buzaubas in Nurtas Adambayev's film Escape from the Village. Operation Mahabbat. In 2016, he played the role of the ruler of Moghulistan, Esen-Buga, in the film Kazakh Khanate.
Acting credits
NRKazakhstan. 1954. Copper mines. Concentration camp. In the center of the plot - a revolt which prisoners raised in protest against the inhuman treatment.
The Cannibal
1991
5.3On the threshold of 22nd century, furrowing the space, protagonist from the Free Search Group makes emergency landing on an unknown planet where he must stay. People who are living on this planet have remained at the stone level of the 20th century, with its social problems, miserable ecology and shaky world..
The Inhabited Island
2009
6.5A group of scientists is sent to the planet Arkanar to help the local civilization, which is in the Medieval phase of its own history, to find the right path to progress. Their task is a difficult one: they cannot interfere violently and in no case can they kill. The scientist Rumata tries to save the local intellectuals from their punishment and cannot avoid taking a position.
Hard to Be a God
2014
NR1944. To provide aid to the famine-stricken regions of liberated Donbass, it was decided to drive cattle from Kazakhstan. This story tells how a group of livestock handlers took upon themselves a human and civic duty to undertake a long and extremely difficult journey along the roads of a war that was not yet fully over.
The Long Milky Way
1983
6.5A staggering historical epic about the intrigue and turmoil of the East Asian civilization of Otrar, before its systematic destruction at the hands of Genghis Khan.
The Fall of Otrar
1991
10.0An epic drama about the life, love and creativity of the Kazakh poet Abai (1845-1904), an educator, thinker and politician of the 19th century.
Abai
1995
9.0An English company is developing a gold deposit. Its representative, Allan Kane, is trying to hide some of the gold and take it abroad. In pursuit of the golden caravan, an unthinkable deadly battle unfolds.
Who Are You, Horseman?
1987
5.2Maxim Kammerer fights for his love and freedom. He leads a rebel movement challenging the five greedy rulers. One of the rulers, Strannik, knows how dangerous Maxim can be. He makes up his mind to stop the young man at any cost. The last close fight will decide everything.
The Inhabited Island 2: Rebellion
2009
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Shelter for Majors
1988
7.5The forty-year-old commentator, summing up his life and realizing that his well-being is purely external and essentially nothing significant has been done, leaves for his native village, where, he hopes, he will be able to take a step towards his true vocation.
Golden Autumn
1980
NRAn old man and his old woman live in a remote Kazakh village. People call the old man Shorty Kairgali without malice. Kairgali has known his old lady, Kulpash, since high school. So they've been together for forty years. And maybe even more. Shorty also has two restless friends: Baybet and Saskebai, who were once in love with Kulpash. And then one day…
The Old Woman
2014
NRThe first post-revolutionary years in Kazakhstan, the period of formation of Soviet power. More than once, the bandits tried to deal with the singer of the people, the poet Erken, but could not silence him. It seemed that the earth itself kept him safe — he found shelter and help in the homes of the poor, escaped from prison, on the instructions of the Bolshevik committee, under the guise of a tramp, made his way to the south, explaining everywhere the advantages of Soviet power for the people. Erken carried his love for Aklima through his whole life. Having met her once in one of the villages, he could not forget a young woman whose fate was tragic.
Once and for a Lifetime
1977
10.0The youngest son of the herdsman Yerzhan — the ninth son of Yerkenzhe, goes in search of his father and eight brothers, bewitched by the evil Tasbol into stone idols. By the power of his spirit, Yerkenzhe overcomes the spell of Tasbol and frees his loved ones.
Fear of the Ninth Son, Oh Enemy
1984
NRThe second part of a historical film dilogy based on the story “Emshan” by Maurice Simashko. XIII century. Equal to God, Sultan Beybars — the ruler of Egypt, who has the largest fleet in the Mediterranean, crushed the Crusader troops and countless hordes of Genghis Khan's descendant – recalls the life path he passed before ascending to the throne of the ruler.
Sultan Beybars
1989
NRThe film takes place in 1926 on the southern borders of Kazakhstan. An OGPU search detachment, led by an experienced commander Kasymov, is tasked with neutralizing a gang of Basmachi who have secretly crossed the border.
The Last Crossing
1981
NRBakha and Takha are the sons of a well-known businessman who are really into adventures and surprises. Once, the boys come across a story about the Queen of the Turkic Amazons who needs help to fight the Powers of Evil. The brothers decide to offer their help in exchange for a chance to bring their mother back to life and win back their father's attention. Meanwhile, the boys' stepmom hires two bandits to kidnap her unloved stepsons. The bandits drop the boys off in a forest and this is when the big adventure begins.
The Book of Legends: The Mysterious Forest
2012
NROld Kozhabek is going through grief — his son Sultan was killed in a car accident. After a while, Kozhabek finds out that he has a grandson. The hero goes to the city to find a boy and a woman, to whom he is ready to atone for his son's guilt.
Atone for the Guilt
1984
6.2The unborn child of Mamlakat is telling her story. She is 17, beautiful and vivacious, and dreaming secretly of becoming an actress. She lives with her father and brother in a small village in Central Asia. One night she is seduced by an actor from a travelling troupe, who poses as a friend of Tom Cruise, and gets her pregnant. She tries to abort, but her father and brother become determined to find the seducer, setting in motion a cascade of comic adventures.
Luna Papa
1999
NRThe boy Nurdin spent his summer holidays in the mountains with his grandfather, a herdsman. He learned to ride a horse, took part in horse races, showed courage by going with local children to a cave to get mumiyo to cure a sick comrade.
Stay in the Saddle
1987
NRThe film is dedicated to the life of a modern village, raises current problems of agriculture.
It's Time for Ringing Heat
1980
NRThe parable is about a young man who lives in his imaginary world and gets into various funny situations.
Don Quixote of My Childhood
1978
NRWhen the herdsman's son was born, the Great Ruler of the underworld, Erlik Khan, predicted to the newborn that he, having reached the age of seventeen, would be sacrificed to atone for human pride. But Mohammed — that's what his father called him — grew up kind and brave. The young man managed to force the Lord of Darkness to change his destiny.
Lord of Darkness
1990
7.5A funny story of a six year old Kazakh boy who really wants to start going to school in order to join his seven year old friend.
Alpamys Goes to School
1978
NRThe third part of Bulat Mansurov's planned epic film series; “The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars". The film is dedicated to the formation of the Ancient Russian state and Eurasian culture under the rule of Genghis Khan.
The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Saga of the Love of Genghis Khan's Daughter
2005