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Tajikistan

Filmmaker · Tajikistan

Boris Kimyagarov

Died in 1979

Bension Kimyagarov, also known as Boris, was born on 30 September 1920 in Samarkand. A pupil of Sergei Eisenstein, he graduated in 1944 from the directing faculty of the Moscow Film Institute and spent his whole career at the Tajikistan studio, first in documentary, then in fiction, notably bringing to the screen the first novel by Aini. He then devoted four films to Ferdowsi's Book of Kings, between 1961 and 1976. He died on 17 April 1979.

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