
Malik Dadashev
Acting
Known For

While working in Afghanistan, Soviet journalist Aleksei Rusanov witnesses the spread of a strange disease. He manages to find out that the carriers of the dangerous virus are mosquitoes of a previously unknown species. Aleksei goes to Sindabad and penetrates the secret laboratory of Professor Neli, whose work on the elimination of deadly insects is funded by the CIA...
The Interviewer

Shot during the Nagorno-Karabakh War, "Fəryad" is only one of its kind. Following the Khojaly Massacre, Ismayil, an officer tasked with collecting the bodies, crosses enemy lines to avenge the brutal murder of a local schoolgirl. There he gets captured by Armenians and waits for the day to be exchanged for an enemy POW.
The Scream

Film exposes the corruption and the decadence of the late Soviet bureaucracy in Azerbaijan SSR through the eyes of a naive Azerbaijani adult man, Hatem.
The Scoundrel

After the novel of the same name of I.Shykhly. The film is about new intelligenzia in Azerbaijan at the beginning of the 20th century.
The Tempestuous Kura

The moral suffering of the lieutenant who unknowingly sneezes on the head of the general.
Junior Lieutenant

The film consists of several novels reproducing the most vivid pages of the biography of the first Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of Azerbaijan Nariman Narimanov (1870-1925).
The Stars Don't Fade

Childhood friends Ahmet and Nuri, the sons of poor farmers, grew up together, studied together, and worked together in a factory. Together, they publish the magazine Light, which opposes the colonial policies of foreign capital and military pacts. After their first imprisonment, the friends' paths diverge: Nuri betrays his convictions and joins a reactionary newspaper. His life is now safe, but he finds no joy or peace. Meanwhile, Ahmet, having become one of the main enemies of the reactionaries, attracts more and more patriots to his side.
Two Boys from the Same District

The film is about the life of Dmitry Cantemir and the Moldovan people from November 1710 to July 1711. Turkish troops are preparing for war with Russia. The Sultan entrusted him with the throne of Moldavia. Cantemir secretly established ties with Peter I and concluded a military-political agreement with him, according to which Russia took Moldova under its protectorate, pledged to help expel the Turks and restore the former borders of the Moldovan state.
Dimitrie Cantemir

Murad, a young man fails the entrance exam to the Institute and starts working at the meat factory. His cousin Rustam, a worker on a building site, fights with him against the dishonest people who sell pieces of meat from the factory. After a series of dramatic situations, Murad and Rustam manage to uncover the thieves.
The Last Night of Childhood

The film is about dramatic revolutionary events happened in 1918 in Baku.
The Twenty Six Comissars

After the novel of the same name of M. Avdiyev and A. Donets. The film is about first operations of National State Security.
The Day after Tomorrow at Midnight

This Azerbaijani romantic drama depicts the love affair between Zaur, a man from an affluent family, and Tahmina, a divorced woman doing her best to survive in a conservative society.
Tahmina

Based on a novel by Farman Karimzade, the movie shows the life in an Azerbaijani village under the Soviet rule in 1930s. Here two former "beys" (land owners) are opposing each other. One is loyal to the ideology of the past and can't reconcile himself to the new power, to second rejects the past and accepts the power of the Bolsheviks, believing that it will establish justice.
The Last Mountain Pass

The film is about the yard boys getting a little older and thinking about their independent lifes.
The Boys of Our Yard

Middle East. Revenge of three teens for their unjustly executed fathers leads to national riot and capture of American military airfields.
The Planes Didn't Land

The film tells the story of a singer who is devoted to his friends and attached to the stage, valuing this more than his talent, vocal skills, and training in opera from professionals.
The Unfinished Song

After World War II, a group of young “robbers” redistributes the wealth of the rich to the poor while protecting the honor of women, especially the wives and sisters of soldiers at the front. Though branded outlaws by the law, their criminal yet benevolent deeds win the tacit approval of the local community.
Execution is Postponed

The heroic Koroghlu is a poor youngster who leads a peasants' revolt against the tyrannic Khan.
Koroghlu

The film is about village boy who became an enlisment officer and came back to Garabagh and fell in love with bey's daughter.
Wait for Me

Young border guard Sergeant Farrukh is in love with Izran, a girl from a neighboring village. Izran's father does not believe in the seriousness of the young man's intentions and forbids his daughter from seeing him. But after seeing Farrukh in action, arresting border violators, he changes his attitude towards the border guard. Farrukh pursues the violator. A landslide drives them both into a ravine. The violator tells him about his life, and the sergeant recognizes him as his father, whom he believed had died at the front...