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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 investigator Seyfi Ganiyev runs the case of an illegal mercery shop's head Murad Abiyev, who confessed in embezzlement of one million rubles from public funds. Abiyev is also accused of the murder of an underage girls that occurred in Riga shortly after Abiyev saw her. He denies his guilt, but does not name the perpetrators though he knows them, despite the fact that he is facing the death penalty. The investigator understands that some high-ranking officials stand behind Abiyev, but he has no proof. Ganiyev seeks to obtain from the prisoner the whole truth to bring the criminals to justice.
The film is about sportsman who tried to avenge to his friend's murder.
The film is about man and woman who remembered their childhood. The film reflects atmosphere of Baku. It is an adaptation of Anar Rzayev's "Georgian surname" novel.
The film takes place in Baku in 1918-19 and then several years later. The film is based on the opera of the same name by Fikret Amirov. Sevil became the first film opera in the history of Azerbaijani cinema.
Azerbaijanian family has found Armenian boy in the forest and raised him. But years after he betrays his country during the war.
A journalist is investigating a group of poachers who are illegally selling the huge amounts of fish
Based on real events, telling about the murder and investigation of the head of the special department Shamsi Rahimov. The events are presented against the political background of 1994-1995 - these are the October, March rebellions of the Javadov brothers and everything related to the history of Azerbaijan in this period of time.
The film is about village boy who became an enlisment officer and came back to Garabagh and fell in love with bey's daughter.
After the novellette of the same name of Mehdi Huseyn.
The film takes place in Karabakh, where Baku students come to help build a settlement for refugees. Among them are two young lovers, Tural and Gunel. One night, they witness a failed sabotage attempt by Armenian militants, which Tural manages to record on his video camera. The footage shows explosions, armed extremists, and an unmarked helicopter, becoming key evidence. Realizing this, the enemies decide to eliminate the unwanted witness.
After fulfilling his duty in Afghan War, Zaur returns to his home Baku. He is trying to clarify the truth when he heard that his father was arrested.
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.
The film is about a young woman nursing her father, when things don't go to plan.
One of the mountain passes of Tajikistan, which is an important strategic object, is controlled by the Basmati detachment of Kurbashi Kerim Dodho, who is respected by the people. The head of the OGPU Paramonov, in order to avoid bloodshed, convinces Kurbashi of the expediency of holding peace talks. However, the counterrevolutionary group, which has its own people in the militia units, is trying to interfere with the negotiations between Paramonov and Dodho, a Bolshevik sympathizer.
The film tells a story about non-democratic and non-legal social events in the country of Azerbaijan.
A soldier recently returned home finds it hard to scrape by, and the girl he loved married.
The film-novella tells of a group of alpinists climbing a snowy mountain, and how they conduct themselves in the face of a difficult trial.
Jan Vacek, a revolutionary of Czech origin, organizes the retreat of communist troops in Baku after the Bolshevik Revolution, following the fall of the local commune...
