Director

Mazhit Begalin

Directing

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Directed movies: 6Directed series: 0All crew credits: 6

TMDB ID: 1858737

Known for: Directing

Born: February 22, 1922

Died: May 5, 1978

Age: 56

Place of birth: Semipalatinsk, Kazakh SSR, USSR

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1953 - 1975

Years active: 23

Also known as

Medjid Begalin • Мажит Бегалин • Мәжит Бегалин • М. Бегалин

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Biography

MAZHIT BEGALIN February 22, 1922, Semipalatinsk, Kazakh SSR, USSR — May 5, 1978, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR. Film director, screenwriter, actor. Honored Art Worker of the Kazakh SSR (1977). He graduated from the Directing Department of VGIK in 1948 (workshop of S.A. Gerasimov and T.F. Makarova). Since 1950, he worked as a director at the Kazakhfilm studio. His father was the well-known Kazakh writer Sapargali Iskakovich Begalin (1895–1983). His wife was actress Lyudmila Ivanova (1925–1995). His son was actor and stuntman Nartai Begalin (1951–1993).

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