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Stories Set in Kazakhstan
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Browse 4 books, 23 movies and 10 games set in Kazakhstan.

Patriots Time
The brothers Sultan and Bekzat Ibrayev are serving faithfully in the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan and at the same time they are in family disagreement. Sultan is a valiant intelligence officer and Bekzat is a talented…

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev travels to America to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the nation Borat meets real people in real situations with hysterical consequences. His backwards behavior generates strong…

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater is the prequel to the entire Metal Gear series. Most of the series' defining gameplay elements have been carried over and as before, Snake must use stealth and wits rather than brute…

Air Force One
Russian terrorists conspire to hijack the aircraft with the president and his family on board. The commander in chief finds himself facing an impossible predicament: give in to the terrorists and sacrifice his family or…

Sputnik
At the height of the Cold War a Soviet spacecraft crash lands after a mission gone awry leaving the commander as its only survivor. After a renowned Russian psychologist is brought in to evaluate the commander’s mental…

Salyut-7
USSR June 1985. After contact with the Salyut 7 space station is lost cosmonauts Vladimir Dzhanibekov and Viktor Savinykh dock with the empty frozen craft and bring her back to life. Based on actual events.

The Eagle Huntress
Follow Aisholpan a 13-year-old girl as she trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter and rise to the pinnacle of a tradition that has been typically been…

The Needle
Moro returns to Alma-Ata to collect money owed to him. While waiting out an unexpected delay he visits his former girlfriend Dina and discovers she has become a morphine addict. He decides to help her kick the habit and…

The Best of Borat
Series of reports from Borat Karabzhanov the Kazakhstani TV journalist a character featuring in DA ALI G SHOW as he travels in Britain looking at British culture and customs including visits to Henley Regatta Saville…

Harmony Lessons
During a medical examination 13-year-old Aslan is humiliated in front of a load of his fellow pupils. The incident unleashes his latent personality disorder. Plagued by self-doubt he strives for cleanliness and…
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