Kenenbai Kozhabekov

Kenenbai Kozhabekov

He was born on March 3, 1928, in the village of Aksengir. He graduated from the acting department of the Almaty Theater and Arts College in 1950. In 1949, he made his film debut with the role of the Chukchi Ayye in the movie Alitet Leaves for the Mountains, directed by Mark Donskoy. Donskoy had also selected other future prominent actors, including Nurmukhan Zhanturin (who played the role of Tumatughe) and Gulfayrus Ismailova. From 1950 to 1967, he performed on the stage of the Kazakh Theater for Young Audiences (Kazakh TЮZ). From 1958, he was an actor at the Kazakhfilm studio, where a documentary film about him, The Return of Kenenbay, was made in 1975. In the late 1960s, during a fight with bandits, he sustained a severe injury and became disabled. For the rest of his life, Kozhabekov was confined to a wheelchair, but he continued to act, mainly in episodic roles and those where walking was not required. The film The Wolf's Pit highlighted his acting skills, even though he was confined to a wheelchair.

  • Title: Kenenbai Kozhabekov
  • Popularity: 1.0102
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1928-03-03
  • Place of Birth: Kaskelen, Kazakh ASSR, RSFSR, USSR [now Qaskeleng, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan]
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  • Also Known As: Кененбай Қожабеков, Кененбай Кожабеков, Kenenbai Kozhabekov
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Kenenbai Kozhabekov Movies

  • 1972
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    Trizna

    Trizna

    1 1972 HD

    A rich young man follows the events of their wake of a dark sky before. And now however, it began with a bad smell like revenge.

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  • 1975
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    Keep Your Star

    Keep Your Star

    1 1975 HD

    The son of an old shepherd got married, and the young daughter-in-law Saltanat entered the family with love and tenderness. She immediately fell in love with the parents of her husband Tastan, and she surrounded him with female care. And for her husband's brother, the girl became a true friend. The family honors traditions, does not consider them a relic of the past and believes in unity with their ancestors. How Saltanat's life will develop further - see the film Keep Your Star.

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  • 1983
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    Wolf Trap

    Wolf Trap

    1 1983 HD

    Samat is an orphan, and he strikes up a friendship with Musa, who is wheelchair bound due to illness. Little does he know Musa has ties to the criminal world.

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  • 1963
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    My Name Is Kozha

    My Name Is Kozha

    4.5 1963 HD

    A story about a funny boy named Kozha who always gets into troubles.

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  • 1950
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    Alitet Leaves for the Hills

    Alitet Leaves for the Hills

    5.6 1950 HD

    Mark Donskoy went to the wilds of Siberia to film this Soviet movie about a community that resists the temptations of a wicked American capitalist who wants to exploit their lands.

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  • 1953
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    Zhambyl

    Zhambyl

    1 1953 HD

    The film tells about the life and work of the famous singer of the Kazakh people akyn Dzhambul Dzhabayev.

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  • 1955
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    Dzhigit Girl

    Dzhigit Girl

    1 1955 HD

    Aidar and Galiya have long been in love with each other. Aidar works as a horse breeder, and Galiya is a senior herdswoman at a collective farm stud farm. One day, due to an accidental misunderstanding, the young people quarrel. Angarbay, the store manager, who is also in love with Galiya, is trying to take advantage of this.

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  • 1972
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    Lady Zhibek

    Lady Zhibek

    8 1972 HD

    Kyz-Zhibek - Kazakh poetic folk legend of the 16th century, tells about the period in the Kazakh nation when the people suffered from bloody feuds. In those times each province of the Kazakh nation had its own Khan and each tried to supersede the other. The love story of Tolegen, the brave warrior, and the beauty Zhibek ends tragically because of inter-family strife. Tolegen is foully murdered by Bekejan (the batyr, or nobleman, of the rival family), who earlier strived for the hand of Zhibek. Zhibek commits suicide after learning about the death of Tolegen.

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  • 1975
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    Hey You, the Cowboys!

    Hey You, the Cowboys!

    1 1975 HD

    About a group of schoolchildren from a Kazakh aul who swore to one another that they would win the inter-collective farm sports competition.

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  • 1956
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    An Unquiet Spring

    An Unquiet Spring

    1 1956 HD

    A comedy about Krushchev's 'Virgin Lands' project, to transform the barren and inhospitable spaces of the vast Soviet Union into fertile agricultural plains. A classically Socialist-Realist narrative of an individual's 're-education'. Zhenia, a hapless idler, arrives with a band of enthusiastic young Konsomol members to build a new town in the steppe. Although his dream, like that of all the young participants, is 'to become a tractor driver and a hero', he isn't prepared to work for the honour.

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  • 1986
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    Turksib

    Turksib

    1 1986 HD

    The year is 1929. The construction of a railway connecting Central Asia and Siberia is in full swing in Kazakhstan. This highway threatens the age-old way of life of the inhabitants of the steppe, where gangs of Basmachi still operate. The heroes of the film are the chief engineer of the Dzhungarov construction site and an elder of a large family, bai Sarybura. The fate of both is developing dramatically, both, each in their own way, are interested in the early completion of the Turksib.

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  • 1980
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    The Messengers Hurry

    The Messengers Hurry

    1 1980 HD

    The film is about the heroic struggle of the Kazakh people against the hordes of bloodthirsty Dzungars and the victory over the Dzungars (XVIII century).

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  • 1959
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    Мы из Семиречья

    Мы из Семиречья

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1960
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    One Night

    One Night

    1 1960 HD

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  • 1975
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    A Parable of Love

    A Parable of Love

    1 1975 HD

    This is a story of the noble emotions shared by two lovers.

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  • 1962
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    If Each of Us

    If Each of Us

    1 1962 HD

    Old shepherd Serkebai seeks a second lambing from his flock, but kolkhoz chairman Aisary, citing lack of pasture and water, urges slaughtering the sheep. Defying him, Serkebai leads the flock across the Syr Darya into the Kyzyl Kum desert with several kolkhoz workers and his daughter Marzhan. After days without finding a well, Serkebai gives leadership to Kundebai and departs alone to die in the sands, followed by the sheep. Searching for her father, Marzhan meets hydrogeologists drilling an artesian well, where she falls in love with geologist Imash. The team rescues Serkebai’s group, and water bursts from the well, forming a lake to which the entire kolkhoz soon relocates.

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  • 1986
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    Nesibeli

    Nesibeli

    1 1986 HD

    A single woman, Nesibeli, raises her son and daughter without a husband. Despite the hardships, she remains cheerful, kind, and always ready to help others, which helps her overcome life’s challenges.

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  • 1981
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    The Last Crossing

    The Last Crossing

    1 1981 HD

    The film takes place in 1926 on the southern borders of Kazakhstan. An OGPU search detachment, led by an experienced commander Kasymov, is tasked with neutralizing a gang of Basmachi who have secretly crossed the border.

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  • 1980
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    It's Time for Ringing Heat

    It's Time for Ringing Heat

    1 1980 HD

    The film is dedicated to the life of a modern village, raises current problems of agriculture.

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  • 1989
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    Sultan Beybars

    Sultan Beybars

    1 1989 HD

    The second part of a historical film dilogy based on the story “Emshan” by Maurice Simashko. XIII century. Equal to God, Sultan Beybars — the ruler of Egypt, who has the largest fleet in the Mediterranean, crushed the Crusader troops and countless hordes of Genghis Khan's descendant – recalls the life path he passed before ascending to the throne of the ruler.

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