Figurative Decision in Kazakhstan Historical Films

The research aim is to analyze the most striking films in the author's opinion, which reflect the history of the Republic of Kazakhstan in various degrees. The author makes research on the subject of visual solutions in Kazakh feature films from 1938 to 2019 and also asks the question: why none of the national cinematographers could not make a full-length historical film that glorifies the beauty of the Kazakh people and the land, filled not only with patriotism and pathos of modernity, but with love for the Motherland and respect for the deeds of their ancestors (the exception is the film epic "Kyz-Zhibek" directed By Khodzhikov, operator A. Ashrapov). The films selected for the study are a vivid examples of the transformation of the creative vision of filmmakers (from the ideological to the national, and then to the individual). The study of this topic, conducted on the basis of historical and film studies, comparative and visual analysis shows how justified the relationship of historical films based on facts and folk legends with political propaganda in various periods of development of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the XX and XXI centuries. The text contains indisputable facts from the research of Russian and Kazakh film critics who express their views on the development of cinema.               

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