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The Beardless Deceiver


Aldar-Kose is not a name, but a nickname. Aldar means deceiver, Kose means beardless. And how this man's name was actually, and whether he lived at all, no one can say for sure. But in every Kazakh aul, in every yurt on the high-mountainous dzhailau they talk about Aldar-Kose as about their good acquaintance. People tell about him differently, but all agree that he was poor and kind, hated oppressors of the people, fought against injustice and helped the offended...

USSR
1964, 75 min.

Production:
Kazakhfilm

Languages:
Kazakh, Russian

Scriptwriters:
Lev Varshavsky, Shaken Aimanov

Director:
Shaken Aimanov

DoP:
Mark Bercovitch

Production Design:
Kulakhmet Hodzhikov, Sakhi Romanov

Composer:
Sadyk Mukhamedzhanov

Cast:
Shaken Aimanov, Kalybek Kuanyshbaev, Kurmanbek Zhandarbekov, Ataibek Zholumbetov, Serke Kozhamkulov, Bayan Adilova, Kuatbai Abdreimov, Sayfulla Telgarayev, Kasymkhan Shanin, Rakhmetulla Salmenov, Yelubai Umurzakov.

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Shaken Aimanov

Soviet Kazakh actor, theater and film director. Born in 1914 in Bayan-Aul. He studied at the Kazakh pedagogical technical school in Semipalatinsk. In 1933 he was accepted into the troupe of the Kazakh Drama Theater, in 1947-1951 was the chief director and artistic director of this theater. Since 1954 he worked as a movie director at the Kazakhfilm studio. People's Artist of the Kazakh SSR (1947). People's Artist of the USSR (1959).

1970 The End of the Ataman

1968 The Angel in a Skullcap

1966 The Land of Fathers

1964 The Beardless Deceiver

1962 The Crossroad

1961 The Song Calls

1960 In the Same Neighborhood

1957 Our Dear Doctor (with A. Karpov)

1956 This is Where We Live

1954 The Poem about Love (with K. Gakkel)