Yefim ARON
Ефим АРОН
Efim ARON
Grigori ROSHAL
Григорий РОШАЛЬ
Grigori ROCHAL
USSR, 1945, 80mn 
Black and white, fiction
Songs of Abay
▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪

Песни Абая

 

 Les Chants d’Abaï

 Pesni Abaya

 
Directed by : Yefim ARON (Ефим АРОН), Grigori ROSHAL (Григорий РОШАЛЬ)
Writing credits : Mukhtar AUEZOV (Мухтар АУЭЗОВ)
 
Cast
Kalibek KUANYSHPAYEV (Калибек КУАНЫШПАЕВ) ...Abay
Amina UMURZAKOVA (Амина УМУРЗАКОВА) ...Azhar
Shaken AIMANOV (Шакен АЙМАНОВ) ...Sharip
Seraly KOZHAKUMOV (Сералы КОЖАМКУЛОВ) ...Sharip
Oleg ZHAKOV (Олег ЖАКОВ) ...Sharip
 
Cinematography : Galina PYSHKOVA (Галина ПЫШКОВА)
Production design : Kulakhmet KHODZHIKOV (Кулахмет ХОДЖИКОВ)
Other persons :
Music : Latif KHAMIDI
Production : Studio de cinéma de fiction et de documentaire de Alma Ata
Release date in Russia : 20/01/1946
 
Site : IMDb

Plot synopsis
Famous Kazak poet Abai becomes friend with Russian exiled scientist Nifont Dolgopolov. Under the influence of this friendship Abai develops civilizing ideals. When his best student Aidar is accused of having infringed the ancestral laws out of love, Abai decides to stand up for him.
The film is adapted from the novel “Abai” by famous Kazakh writer Moukhtar Aouezov who also wrote the scenario of the film. The film recalls episodes of the life of the great poet Abai Kounanbai (1845- 1904). It is the very first film of Kazakh national cinema shot in the Kazakh national studio for feature and documentary films. The film shot during the war stands out from most of productions of that time as it is not one of the umpteenth military patriotic films extolling war effort.
Sourece : Festival de Vesoul 2012
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Festival du film kazakh, Paris (France), 2020
- Vesoul International Asiatic Film Festival, Vesoul (France), 2012