
1970
The End of the Ataman
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.
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Filmmaker
Born
1914-10-16 · 56 yrs
Died
1970-12-23
From
Bayanaul, Bayanaul district, Pavlodar region, Kazakhstan
Known for
Directing
Shaken Kenzhetaevich Aimanov (Kazakh: Шәкен Кенжетайұлы Айманов; born 15 October 1914 – 23 December 1970; Bayanaul) was a Soviet (Kazakh) film director, screenwriter, actor. He is considered to be the father of Kazakh cinematography, as well as an iconic film director and actor. He directed eleven films between 1954 and 1970. Aimanov was born in Bayanaul, Russian Empire (now Kazakhstan) in 1914. He studied at the Kazakh Institute of Education in Semipalatinsk (now Semey) from 1931 to 1933. He began his acting career at the Kazakh Theater of Drama in Alma-Ata in 1933. Vivid social and psychological characteristics are inherent in his art.…