Nurmukhan Zhanturin

Acting

Nurmukhan Zhanturin

Born — Died

1928-04-22 — 1990-05-02

Known for

Acting

Credits

58 titles

Nurmukhan Zhanturin was born in the settlement of Kondaurovo, Guriev Region (now known as Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan) on April 22, 1928. At the age of 14 he started working as an operator's assistant in a Guriev oil prospecting group, and later attended motion picture operator courses in Alma-Ata. He graduated from Alma-Ata Movie School in 1950 and the Acting Dept. of the Ostrovsky Institute of Performing Arts (Tashkent) in 1952[4] and soon joined Auezov Theater. His first screen roles go back to 1948, while 1967 saw Zhanturin officially employed at Kazakhfilm Studios. He returned to the theater in 1988 and continued to work there until his death in 1990. Zhanturin's best-known roles include…

Known for

Roads of Fire poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Roads of Fire

1979

Listen, on the Other Side poster
7.0

Soldiers of the Russian-Mongolian Joint Special Detachment, who are carrying out a special mission, went to the front line of the war and assumed the responsibility of conducting a sharp emotional and ideological battle with words and sounds. Therefore, the contribution of these people in the battle of Khalkh River was huge. This film shows the Khalkh River War and its scope through the actions of the "Little Squad" and the thoughts of its heroes.

Listen, on the Other Side

1972

Zhambyl poster
8.0

The film tells about the life and work of the famous singer of the Kazakh people akyn Dzhambul Dzhabayev.

Zhambyl

1953

The Seventh Bullet poster
5.2

Despite the restoration of Soviet power in the area, Basmachis continue to arrive from across the border, bringing death and destruction to peaceful villages. One of the bands of rebels is led by Khairulla who is pitted against the militsiya (local militia) leader Maxumov. At first it seems hopeless for Maxumov as the rebels capture most of his men, winning them over to his side. He has only one strategy left; to give himself up, and try to explain to the people that Khairulla has deceived them, turning the soldiers back to revolution. Later in pursuit of his enemy, he chases Khairulla across a river. He has only one bullet left -- the seventh, and he must not miss his target!

The Seventh Bullet

1973

Beybars poster
6.0

The first 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.

Beybars

1990

The First Echelon poster
5.2

In one of the steppe regions of Kazakhstan arrives on Komsomol youth squad. Severe frosts, spring mud flows, exhausting work than their specialty - the development of virgin land does not come easy. But the young are young - they work, enjoy life, fall in love. In the center of the story - the touching romance secretary of the Komsomol organization and tractor driver Anne.

The First Echelon

1955

Film credits

1980s · 14 titles

It's Time for Ringing Heat poster
NR

The film is dedicated to the life of a modern village, raises current problems of agriculture.

It's Time for Ringing Heat

1980

Fear of the Ninth Son, Oh Enemy poster
10.0

The 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

A Month to Think poster
NR

The young people fell in love with each other and decided to get married. The month they were given to reflect helped the characters to look at themselves and others in a new way, to test their feelings.

A Month to Think

1980

The Salty River of Childhood poster
NR

Three teenagers are left alone on the river in Kazakhstan during WWII.

The Salty River of Childhood

1983

Grandma the General poster
2.0

The film tells the story of Anzirat, an elderly woman who lives in a small village in Soviet Uzbekistan with her son, daughter-in-law, and their ten children, all boys. Because of her strictness the villagers call Anzirat "Grandma-General". Back in the 1930s, Anzirat headed the main farm of the village and went through many hardships. Even when she gets old, Anzirat does not want to rest and cannot put up with the laziness, greed, and negligence of some of the villagers. She tries to put things in order for her family. Her son, however, instead of helping his pregnant wife spends all his spare time building a family football team. Only after Anzirat's death do the residents of the village realize how empty their village is without her. They feel that Anzirat was the conscience of their village.

Grandma the General

1983

White Shaman poster
8.0

The action takes place in the 1930s and 1940s in Chukotka. With the establishment of Soviet power, changes are coming to the camp. The main character — hunter Poygin — does not realize the significance of what is happening immediately. There is a series of events: a collision with a Black shaman who tried to take away a beloved woman from a hunter, a meeting with the head of the cultural base Medvedev, etc. Poygin observes the events that ultimately determine his life position. He becomes chairman of the first collective farm in Chukotka.

White Shaman

1982

Bizzare World of Hopes and Dreams poster
NR

There is a rather bizarre planet in the universe. The main character, who possesses magical powers, flies to Earth, where he meets and falls in love with an ordinary earthly girl.

Bizzare World of Hopes and Dreams

1988

Prince Danylo Halytskyi poster
3.3

XIII century. Prince Daniel of Galicia returned from the Horde, where he graciously have allowed to rule in Galicia in exchange for recognition his submission to Khan. But he can not accept the humiliation. He begins to prepare for war with the hordes of Batu, who conquered many Russian principalities. The Hungarian king, Lithuanians and Poles promised to support Daniel, but Pope Innocent IV refuses to lend a hand. Daniel's army is compelled to reflect the invasion of nomads herself.

Prince Danylo Halytskyi

1987

Native Steppes poster
NR

The film takes place in a Kazakh village. Aman and Aizhan love each other very much, but they often quarrel. Their neighbor Nagima decides to use one of these quarrels to marry her son Ospan to Aizhan. This leads to a number of ridiculous situations that the characters get into. But good, as always, overcomes evil, and the young people reconcile — Aizhan marries Haman.

Native Steppes

1982

Fly, Crane poster
NR

An old gamekeeper introduces his nine-year-old grandson Tuyak to the surrounding nature. The boy collects books dedicated to the life of animals. And once, together with their grandfather, they were leaving a crane straggling from a flock.

Fly, Crane

1985

Golden Woman poster
NR

1734. In the north of the Urals, in the impenetrable forests of Orthodox Russia, one of its small nationalities lives — the Voguls, who have preserved the rituals and customs of their ancestors. Like any nation, the Voguls have their own history, traditions and gods, the main one of which is the golden goddess, the patroness of the Voguls. Once upon a time, many centuries ago, she stood on the top of a mountain, and anyone could come and ask for her help.

Golden Woman

1987

Sultan Beybars poster
NR

The 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

The Invincible poster
6.0

Film about a Russian Master of Martial Arts, Andrei Khromov (Rostotsky). Based on a true story. A young man travels all over the Eastern republics of the Soviet Union. He is studying various systems of self-defense in order to develop his own system that would make him unbeatable.

The Invincible

1983

Amulanga poster
9.0

In the vast expanses of Kalmyk, love is born between the young factory worker Naran, who came for sakman (cattle time), and the shepherd’s granddaughter Amulanga.

Amulanga

1988

1970s · 20 titles

Listen, on the Other Side poster
7.0

Soldiers of the Russian-Mongolian Joint Special Detachment, who are carrying out a special mission, went to the front line of the war and assumed the responsibility of conducting a sharp emotional and ideological battle with words and sounds. Therefore, the contribution of these people in the battle of Khalkh River was huge. This film shows the Khalkh River War and its scope through the actions of the "Little Squad" and the thoughts of its heroes.

Listen, on the Other Side

1972

The Seventh Bullet poster
5.2

Despite the restoration of Soviet power in the area, Basmachis continue to arrive from across the border, bringing death and destruction to peaceful villages. One of the bands of rebels is led by Khairulla who is pitted against the militsiya (local militia) leader Maxumov. At first it seems hopeless for Maxumov as the rebels capture most of his men, winning them over to his side. He has only one strategy left; to give himself up, and try to explain to the people that Khairulla has deceived them, turning the soldiers back to revolution. Later in pursuit of his enemy, he chases Khairulla across a river. He has only one bullet left -- the seventh, and he must not miss his target!

The Seventh Bullet

1973

The Decisive Battle poster
NR

Everything is easy and simple for the main character Alzhan Tulegenov, a student of the Faculty of Journalism, a master of sports in judo wrestling. It was only during his internship that he had to face serious difficulties for the first time. Having not thoroughly understood the essence of the problem, Aljan wrote an article in which he unfairly accused an honest man. The decisive battle of the hero takes place not on the fight mat, but inside himself...

The Decisive Battle

1979

Nomadic Front poster
7.5

1919, Russian Civil War. Siberia was united under the rule of the White Guard General Kolchak. Unwilling to recognize his power, 32 common villages from the Yenisei province declare themselves the independent Soviet Badja Republic. The Badja guerrillas, led by the hero of the WWI Pyotr Shchetinkin, quickly become a serious enemy for the White Guard.

Nomadic Front

1972

Genie's Space Adventures poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Genie's Space Adventures

1975

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Еhird Side of the Coin

1977

The End of the Ataman poster
5.4

A Kazakh spy thriller: In 1921, at the height of the civil war, a Soviet officer is assigned to kill the ataman Dutov, a White collaborator. In order to get close to the ataman he infiltrates his gang.

The End of the Ataman

1970

Epiphany poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Epiphany

1973

The Wolverine's Trail poster
10.0

A modern interpretation of the ancient Chukchi legend of love. The young hunter fell in love with the daughter of the sun, but with his last rays, the beauty left the earth, afraid of the cold. And the hunter decided to get wolverine fur for her, hunting for which is a big risk.

The Wolverine's Trail

1979

The Treasure of the Black Mountains poster
NR

The film takes place at the recently opened Nartas mine, part of a large mining complex. Due to many reasons, the mine is undersupplied in ore. Nariman Danaev, the young head of the mine, offers a way out of this situation. He meets with both support and resistance. Thus, behind the production problems there is a struggle of characters, views, and different attitudes. The conflict is moving into the moral sphere. A difficult situation develops in the personal life of the main character.

The Treasure of the Black Mountains

1979

Beloved poster
NR

The story of a young man named Yertaya, who returned to his native village after many years of studying at a university in the capital. During this time, his younger sister Alima grew up and fell in love with a tractor driver. And now she has to prove to Yertai that she is already an adult and independent person.

Beloved

1975

My Love Is in the Third Year poster
8.0

The student team arrived to spend their work semester at a virgin land collective farm with the motto of living and working by communal principles. However, even in a limited space and time, this proved to be challenging.

My Love Is in the Third Year

1976

White Square poster
NR

A young boxer named Kuat, who is brought up in the ring by a wise and demanding trainer, achieves considerable success and becomes a good athlete. He finds his happiness in great love...

White Square

1971

Reapers poster
NR

Combine harvester operator Vasyl Bylan decides to leave for the Volga region for the harvest right after his wedding. There he receives a commemorative gift for his labor. He wants to return to his wife, but the guys call him to the Altai - snow has fallen there and the grain is perishing. He helps harvest the grain and it becomes clear that without him everyone would drag it off to their personal barns...

Reapers

1979

Steppe Roar poster
NR

The film is dedicated to the events of the Civil War, the offensive of Denikin and Kolchak's troops on Uralsk, and the defense of the city. Historical facts are presented in it on a significant scale, through the personalities and fates of many characters, with a wide introduction of mass and battle scenes.

Steppe Roar

1975

Swallows Arrive in Spring poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Swallows Arrive in Spring

1974

Eagle Dance poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Eagle Dance

1975

In Those Days poster
NR

A historical-revolutionary film based on real events in the small Kazakh settlement of Ridder, where news of the revolution in Petrograd arrives. A strike breaks out at the mines owned by a British joint-stock company.

In Those Days

1970

The Choice poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Choice

1975

Where the Mountains are White poster
NR

Fate did not particularly favor old Myrzagali, and he did not like people. But he cherished his white camel, Ariana, and doted on her. And when he got sick and went to the hospital, Ariana cut the veins of her eyes so that she would accept a local male and no longer look towards the white mountains. After giving birth, Ariana finally went blind. And when the little camel got stronger, she ran with him towards the wind. Myrzagali did not restrain the animals...

Where the Mountains are White

1973

1960s · 9 titles

Goodbye, Gyulsary! poster
6.6

The story of Tanabai the blacksmith, father of three children, who upon his return from war became a herdsman, and his tragic love for the soldier’s widow Byubyudzhan. The lyrical poem has an additional storyline concerning the horse Gyulsary and his master Tanabai.

Goodbye, Gyulsary!

1969

Road of a Thousand Miles poster
8.0

Commissar Ali-Akbar travels a thousand miles across the desert with his international detachment, trying to deliver weapons to the Red Army during the civil war in Kazakhstan.

Road of a Thousand Miles

1968

No artwork available
NR

About the relationship of two front-line friends who failed to find common ground during the rebuilding of a village in the post-war years.

Everyone Has Their Own Path

1965

Plane Tree on the Rock poster
NR

High in the mountains, a lonely plane tree grows on a rock. The legend says that in ancient times, the beautiful girl Aisulu threw herself from this cliff, not wanting to reconcile herself with fate and get the unloved one. So, as a memory of her, a beautiful plane tree has grown in this place.

Plane Tree on the Rock

1965

Heat poster
4.9

An idealistic high school graduate goes to work on a state farm on the Kyrgyz steppe, only to clash with its authoritarian leader.

Heat

1963

Squall poster
NR

Ichthyologist Tonya Tikhonova and the chief engineer of the fishery plant, Ryazanov, are heading to the fishing seiner "Squall" (Shkval). Tonya loves Ryazanov, and this love frightens her. Ryazanov is also the object of affection of Panna, the wife of Ermak, the captain of the seiner. "Squall" is on course for Krutaya Bay — promising a good catch. Ryazanov and Panna go to the bay to check the composition of the plankton.

Squall

1960

The Most Obedient poster
NR

The life of a thoughtful eighteen year old girl in a rural Kirghiz village.

The Most Obedient

1966

One Night poster
NR

Kazakhstan. Day and night, through scorching heat and fierce blizzards, drivers pilot their vehicles. One day, a grain convoy is caught in a snowstorm. A *Pobeda* car—carrying the artist Shaltay, his wife, and their child—accidentally finds itself in the midst of the convoy. It is here that the driver, Kemel, encounters Tana, his ex-wife. Determined to save both the people and the grain, Kemel and other brave men set out for the district center. Tana insists that Shaltay join them. Along the way, Shaltay feigns illness, forcing the drivers to turn back. The people in the convoy battle the elements; they are being searched for and are on everyone's minds.

One Night

1960

Dzhura poster
NR

The end of the 1920s — the beginning of the 1930s in Kyrgyzstan. Parts of the Red Army are waging an uncompromising struggle with basmachi in Central Asia. The film tells about the formation of the character of the young Kyrgyz hunter Djura, who found himself in a swirling whirlpool of revolutionary events that swept the Pamirs. It shows the hard way from a simple young hunter, entangled in centuries of prejudice, to a conscious, seasoned in many battles with the Basmachi mature fighter, who believed in the great ideas of the revolution.

Dzhura

1964

1950s · 8 titles

Zhambyl poster
8.0

The film tells about the life and work of the famous singer of the Kazakh people akyn Dzhambul Dzhabayev.

Zhambyl

1953

The First Echelon poster
5.2

In one of the steppe regions of Kazakhstan arrives on Komsomol youth squad. Severe frosts, spring mud flows, exhausting work than their specialty - the development of virgin land does not come easy. But the young are young - they work, enjoy life, fall in love. In the center of the story - the touching romance secretary of the Komsomol organization and tractor driver Anne.

The First Echelon

1955

On the Wild Coast of the Irtysh poster
NR

The builders of the hydroelectric power station face a difficult task: it is necessary to speed up the work in order to provide electricity to a number of other industrial facilities in the region. Construction managers are taking different paths to solving this problem.

On the Wild Coast of the Irtysh

1959

Daughter of the Steppes poster
8.0

The first years of Soviet power. The rich Aktanbai decides to steal his flocks abroad. However, only the shepherd Malbagar knows the secret paths in the mountains. Therefore, Aktanbai, giving the orphan girl Nurzhamal to Malbagar as a wife, demands to indicate the way through the mountains for this. On the way to the border, Malbagar, heeding the requests of Nurzhamal, who did not want to be his wife, helps the girl escape from the camp of Aktanbai. Years pass. Nurzhamal, after graduating from medical school, returns to his native village...

Daughter of the Steppes

1954

His Time Will Come poster
5.8

Kazakh scientist and traveler, Chokan Valikhanov studied at St. Petersburg University and was well known in Russia. When sent to war against the Kazakhs, Valikhanov was forced to make a choice between Tzar and native land.

His Time Will Come

1958

We Are From Semirechye poster
NR

Near the city of Verny, surrounded by Cossack patrols, the paths of three friends diverge. Instead of his native aul, Nartai finds only ruins. The death of his mother, the disappearance of his fiancée, and the oppression from the stanitsa ataman — all this forces Nartai to join the revolutionary struggle. Hunger and poverty, and pleas for bread greet the blacksmith Azim in his native Zhetysu. A Cossack horse kills Azim’s little son with a kick of its hoof when the boy reaches for scattered grains of bread. Grief turns the blacksmith into the leader of a starving, rebellious crowd. The fate of the third soldier is not easy either. Pavel Zernov, pausing only briefly at the bedside of his dying little son, hastens to rejoin his comrades who have gone underground.

We Are From Semirechye

1959

Saltanat poster
7.0

A high-mountainous region of Kyrgyzstan. A raging disaster nearly takes the life of a girl named Saltanat, a young zootechnician from a high-mountain collective farm. She is found in the snow and rescued by a researcher Joomart. From him Saltanat learns about plans to turn barren plateaus into abundant pastures. A bold idea fascinates Saltanat. She becomes Joomart's friend and ally in the struggle for the conquest of nature.

Saltanat

1955

A Poem About Love poster
10.0

A film based on the Kazakh epic poem of the XIII-XIV century. The film tells about the founders of Sarybay and Karabay, who, due to circumstances, violate the oath given to each other to seal their blood-tied friendship. However, their children Kozy Korpesh and Bayan Sulu develop mutual feelings.

A Poem About Love

1954

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