Shaken Aimanov: «The Age of Cinema»

Shaken Aimanov is a Soviet Kazakh actor, theater and film director. In 1933 he came to Alma-Ata and was accepted into the troupe of the Kazakh Drama Theater. Later he became the main director and artistic director of this theater, where he worked until 1953.

Since 1938 he acted in films. Aimanov tried himself in different roles. The movie called  “Our Dear Doctor” brought him wide fame in the USSR. For detailed information about him, see the new episode of the “Our History” program.