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The Fall of Otrar
Restored by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, in collaboration with Ardak Amirkulov. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. The Fall of Otrar (1991) was restored in 4K from the original camera and sound negatives. Scanning was performed by ARDFILM in Almaty (Republic of Kazakhstan). Ardak Amirkulov supervised the scanning and approved the final grading. Special thanks to Daniel Bird. Restoration work was completed in 2024 by L’Immagine Ritrovata.
Montréal World Film Festival
1991 Winner FIPRESCI Prize
o Out-of-Competition
o The Fall of Otrar
Director: Ardak Amirkulov
Producer: Aleksey German
Running Time: 165'
Language: Mandarin, Kazakh, Mongole
Country: Kazakhstan
Year: 1991
Cast: Dokhdurbek Kydyraliyev, Tungyshpai Zhamankulov, Bolot Beyshenaliev
Screenplay: Svetlana Karmalita and Aleksei German
Cinematographers: Sapar Koichumanov, Aubakir Suleyev
Editor: Umesh Kulkarni
Music: Kuat Shil’debaev
Sound: K. S. Krishna Moorthy
Trailer:
Ardak Amirkulov
Born December 10, 1955
Ardak Amirkulov studied philosophy at the University of Alma Ata, where he graduated in 1977. He then studied film directing in Moscow with Sergei Solovyov. Since 1996 he has been professor at the Alma Ata Film Institute.
Filmography
1992 Fall of Otrar
1995 Abay
1997 Notes of Rustem with drawings
2008 Farewell, Gulsary!
2018 In silence
2022 The surgeon
2023 The land where wind stood still