Acting

Medel Maniyazov

Acting credits

Gunshot at the Mountain Pass poster
6.4

About the Kirghiz aristocracy's attempt to battle the influx of Russian merchants in pre-Revolution days.

Gunshot at the Mountain Pass

1968

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NR

At the center of the film is the character of Asan, a collective farm foreman. Asan is a principled man who makes many enemies among the lazy, drunkards, and dishonest people. As a result of these rumors, Asan is dismissed from his position, but this does not break him. He continues to act according to his conscience.

Believe and Know

1986

Ak Möör poster
8.8

A poetic cinematic legend based on an ancient Kyrgyz folk tale. The film tells the tragic story of the all-conquering love between the beautiful Ak Moor and a simple young man named Bolot, who dared to challenge cruel feudal customs, social injustice, and the will of a wealthy nobleman.

Ak Möör

1969

Ambush poster
5.8

A Kirghiz adventure film combining documentary and fictional elements.

Ambush

1969

My Mistake poster
NR

Guljan's father, who is determined to marry his beautiful daughter to Musa, a scoundrel who has secured himself a position at the village cooperative, refuses to acknowledge her beloved Aidar.

My Mistake

1957

Persecution poster
10.0

20s south of Kyrgyzstan. Platoon commander Abysh Isaev arrives at the military garrison. His task, together with the red commander Valentin Ugryumov, is to stop the bloodshed and destruction perpetrated by Shaanazar’s Basmach detachment, and to return the farmers to their homes.

Persecution

1989

Don't Look for an Explanation poster
NR

Salia, an orphan, immediately after finishing her tenth year leaves her stepmother’s home, which she does not love, to a mining village to live with her uncle. On the road, she meets a handsome young man who works at the same mine as her uncle. Kind and sympathetic Azim helps the girl get a job and enroll in evening preparatory courses at the institute. Salia, completely inexperienced and deprived of human attention, takes simple human participation for something more. She is sure that this is a clear response to her first ardent love. But the young engineer loves Jamila and does not even think about another girl. By chance, having learned about the mutual love of Azim and Jamila, Salia experiences great grief, it seems to her that everyone has betrayed her and she is left alone again...

Don't Look for an Explanation

1982

The First Teacher poster
5.5

In post-Civil War 1923, a young Red Army veteran is sent to the mountainous Kirghiz region of Kyrgyzstan to establish the first school. The former soldier becomes a teacher, bringing Leninist doctrine to the remote Moslem area where elders forbade children to attend school. He falls in love with one of his students, but the young woman is sold by her father to a wealthy chieftain.

The First Teacher

1965

How Is the Word ‘Sun’ Spelled? poster
NR

Amanat, who was abandoned by his mother and grew up with his grandparents after his father's death. By the will of fate, having gone to the city to watch amateur performances, he meets with his mother. The maternal feeling was stirred up at the meeting and the mother tries in every possible way to atone for her son, wants to find his attention and love.

How Is the Word ‘Sun’ Spelled?

1978

The Apple of My Eye poster
NR

The death of their exceptional father shakes the Shatmanov family to its core, forcing them to reflect on the past and future. Erkin, who has built a life in Moscow, faces criticism from relatives who see him as having betrayed his roots. Yet his love and work keep him tied to the city. This film delves into the inner struggles of a modern man torn between duty and belonging.

The Apple of My Eye

1976