Berik Aitzhanov
Acting
Biography
Berik Boshenovich Aitzhanov is a Kazakhstani film and theater actor. He was born on March 11, 1979, in the Kyzylorda region. In 2004, he graduated from the Music Faculty of the T. Zhurgenov Academy of Arts with a degree in Musical Drama Acting. Since 2004, he has been an actor at the Auezov Theater. In 2016, Berik Aitzhanov was awarded the honorary title of "Honored Worker of the Republic of Kazakhstan."
Born: March 11, 1979
Known For
The Composer
The film follows the true life story of one of China's greatest composers, Xian Xinghai. The start of the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War against Nazi Germany in 1941 made it difficult for Xian to return to China. He was stranded in Almaty, suffering poverty and sickness. Kazakh composer Bakhitzhan Baykadamov then helped Xian, providing him with a home, despite not knowing his true identity since Xian was then using an alias. There Xian put down roots and composed some of his most famous works.
Болмаған балалық шақ
After the death of his father, the boy Ackberen's family finds themselves in desperate straits, with his mother married to Kalan, a cruel man who suppresses her will and subjugates their lives. Determined to free his mother, Ackberen finds himself drawn into a dangerous confrontation. Discovering the gift he inherited from his father, he learns to turn fear and anger into strength, but with every step he realizes that not only aggression but also sincere love can become a real weapon.
Brothers
Three brothers from small rural village try to find their way in life during unstable and dangerous times. Chingiz went to university and moved to Almaty to become a businessman. Kuanysh spends all his time practicing wrestling, aspiring to become famous. Youngest brother Bakhyt still studies in school and can't imaging leaving village. He wants to stay to take care of their parents and doesn't approve his brothers spending most of the time elsewhere. Kuanysh gets in trouble with his fighting skills, will his brother help him or is he left on his own now?
Ulbolsyn
Life in Karatas Village runs along an untroubled path, until its patriarchal way of life is challenged by Ulbolsyn, a woman whose coldblooded heart and blazing temperament are not afraid of setting everything on fire.
The Road to Mother
When the Soviets impose new ways of collective farming and permanent settlements on a region of nomadic dwellers, young Ilyas is separated from his mother, Mariam. Through decades of war, mother and son persevere in their efforts to be reunited.
The Return to A
This movie is about the life of Marat Ayumov, a former soldier from Kazakhstan who fought in Afghaninstan. The past and present are interwoven in the memories of the protagonist. Throughout the film, in fragmented flashbacks, the hero recollects the time when he, as a soldier, fought in the armed conflict in the mountainous country as he travels to Afghanistan to accompany a young and creative TV crew making a documentary called “Following Alexander the Great”.
Amanat
A story that spans three periods in Kazakh history, it links mid 19th century struggles against the Russians to two 20th century episodes revolving around the fate of former political prisoner Ermukhan Bekmakhanov, who was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for writing historical books about Kazakh national hero Kenesary Kasymov and his national liberation movement.
The Assault
Masked figures with machine guns march into the secondary school in Karatas, take the pupils hostage, and execute one of them. They make no demands. Silent terror is their modus operandi. Seeing as the army will take two days to arrive due to a snowstorm, maths teacher Tazshi decides to assemble his own assault team: his ex-wife, the gym teacher, the cowardly school principal, an alcoholic night watchman, the village idiot, and an incompetent chief of police.
Steppenwolf
Tamara is searching for her missing son in a small town consumed by riots and violence. In a desperate attempt to get him back, she decides to offer a reward to an amoral former investigator whose methods prove to be sadistic. Determined, Tamara decides to complete the mission with the nihilistic detective, no matter what the cost.
Sixteen Girls
Nurzhan and Salima dream about grandchildren. Their son, Baurzhan wants to get married for love but his choice, Aizhan is engaged with another guy and she doesn't want to upset father.
Filmography
as Берик
as Braiyuk
as Sopa
as Ermukhan
as Nursultan Nazarbaev
as Bekzhan
as He
as Arsen
as Chingiz