To study this theme, we have chosen 2 films by the cult Kazakh director of the 50-60s of XXth century Sh. Aimanov "Land of the Fathers" (drama 1966) and "Our Dear Doctor" (comedy 1957), which most clearly reflect the process of formation, acquisition and representation of the Soviet identity of Kazakhs in the second half of the twentieth century. The film "Land of the Fathers" contains a continuum of rhyming plots, the main meaning of which is the inclusion of Kazakh culture in the Soviet narrative of historical memory and the acquisition of a common Soviet identity. The comedy in the musical revue genre Our Dear Doctor is a Kazakhstan variation on the theme of Carnival Night (1956), embodying Soviet society encouraged by the thaw, as well as a noticeable increase in the people's well-being, on the eve of a "bright communist tomorrow". The studied films most clearly demonstrate the dialogue and dialectics of ethnic and all-Soviet identities, illustrating the ethno-cultural and ideological transformations of Kazakhstani society in the second half of the XXth century. Both films show two sides of the same process: if in “Land of the Fathers” the plot inscribes the ethno-social, religious and traditional into the Soviet, then in the film “Our Dear Doctor”, on the contrary, the Soviet is concretized by national subjectivity.