Damir MANABAYEV
Дамир МАНАБАЕВ
Damir MANABAEV
USSR (Kazakhstan), 1991, 129mn 
Colour, fiction
Surzhekey, the Angel of Death
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Суржекей - ангел смерти

 

 Sourjekeï, l'ange de la mort

 Surzhekey - angel smerti

 
Directed by : Damir MANABAYEV (Дамир МАНАБАЕВ)
Writing credits : Smarul ELUBAEV (Смагул ЕЛУБАЕВ), Damir MANABAYEV (Дамир МАНАБАЕВ)
 
Cast
Bakhitzhan ALPEISOV (Бахытжан АЛЬПЕИСОВ)
Zhanas ISKAKOV (Жанас ИСКАКОВ)
Meirman NUREKEYEV (Мейрман НУРЕКЕЕВ)
Nurmukhan ZHANTURIN (Нурмухан ЖАНТУРИН)
 
Cinematography : Bolat SULEEV (Болат СУЛЕЕВ)
Production design : Sabit KURMANBEKOV (Сабит КУРМАНБЕКОВ)
Music : Adil BESTIBAEV (Адиль БЕСТЫБАЕВ)
Sound : Liliya BISEROVA (Лилия БИСЕРОВА), Gulsara MUKATAEVA (Гульсара МУКАТАЕВА)
Produced by : Maksim SMAGULOV (Максим СМАГУЛОВ)
Production : Catharsis Studio
 

Awards :
Grand prix du Festival du film croissant d'argent d'Ashkhabad en 1991, Grand prix du Festival du fil Bastau d'Almaty en 1993

Plot synopsis
Kazakhstan in the 30s. An illiterate nomad Surzhekei becomes a vigilante for collectivization. “I am your law” he shouts and punishes everyone who goes against his will. Cruel laws mutilate human destinies, ruin the familiar ways and customs, innocent people die. But Surzhekei too, with all his unlimited power, is overtaken by death.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2007