Alty Karliev

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| name = Alty Karliev

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| native_name = {{nobold|Alty Garlyýew}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1909|1|6}}

| birth_place = Babadaýhan, Russian Turkestan, Russian Empire (present-day Turkmenistan)

| death_date = {{death date and age|1973|12|11|1909|1|6}}

| death_place = Ashgabat, Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union

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• Stage actor
• Film actor
• Film director
• Dramatist}}

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Alty Karliev{{efn|name=spelling|{{bulleted list|{{langx|tk|Alty Garlyýew}}|{{langx|ru|Алты Карлиев|{{transliteration|ru|Alty Karliyev}}}}}}}} (January 6, 1909{{snd}}December 11, 1973) was a Soviet and Turkmen stage and film actor, director and dramatist. He studied at the Turkmen Drama Studio and the Baku Theatre College (today the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts), graduating from the latter in 1931. After this, he worked as an actor at the Ashkhabad Drama Theatre (today the Mollanepes Student Theater).

Karliev's first film appearance was as Kelkhan in the 1939 film {{ill|Soviet Patriots (1939 film|lt=Soviet Patriots|ru|3=Советские патриоты (фильм)}}. Other notable film roles included Nury in {{ill|Dursun (1940 film)|lt=Dursun|uk|3=Дурсун}} (1940) and Aldar Kose in The Magic Crystal (1945). His appearance in The Magic Crystal gained him a following across the Soviet Union.

Karliev did not have any formal training as a director, but learned from Russian and Ukrainian directors. His first directing credit was in 1957, when he worked with Yevgeni Ivanov-Barkov on the first color film produced by Turkmenfilm, Extraordinary Mission. His next film was {{ill|Ayna (1960 film)|lt=Ayna|ru|3=Айна (фильм, 1959)}} (1960). This was followed by {{ill|The Decisive Step (1965 film)|lt=The Decisive Step|tk|3=Aýgytly ädim kinofilmi}} (1965). His portrait was painted by Ivan Cherinko.