
Eli Gurbanov
Acting
Known For

The film is dedicated to the life and creative work of the great Azerbaijani educator, playwright, and philosopher, Mirza Fatali Akhundov, affectionately known as Sabuhi, meaning “man of the morning.”
Sabuhi

The film is about Kamal Gasimov's heroic fighting at the front.
The Son of Native Land

The film tells the story of the life, work, and social activities of Dagestan poet and singer Suleiman Stalsky.
How the Song is Composed

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

A new teacher arrives in a remote mountain village, where the old traditions still hold sway.
Almas

The film is about the stepmother who tried to be a real mother of a boy. But she could be a real mother only after some difficult events for her and child.
Stepmother

The hero of the film coming to the village for a short while decided to stay there by his medical duty.
Under the Burning Sun
Based on the novel of the same name of Mehdi Huseyn. Engineer-geologist Imanov assembles a young team to explore presumed oil reserves beneath the Black Rocks despite his superior Halilov’s bans. When the ministry greenlights offshore drilling, Halilov’s sabotage and political attacks only strengthen Imanov and his colleagues’ resolve to prove the field’s potential.
The Black Stones

A historical revolutionary film depicting the struggle of peasants and the Baku proletariat against landowners and Musavatists in 1919.
The Peasants

After the novellette of the same name of M.Ibrahimov. The film is about a man who trusted his subordinates.
The Great Support

Young engineer is fighting against conservatives who don't want to find new oil deposits.
The New Skyline

Azerbaijan in the 1930s. The difficult path to emancipation of Azerbaijani women, oppressed for centuries, who rebelled against the remnants of feudal customs, fanaticism, and fought for the right to be free citizens of their homeland.
Ismat

The struggle of the people against the shakh (king) who seized all of land and water resources.
The Secret of the Mountain

After the comedy of the same name of Mirza Fatali Akhundov.
Hadji Gara

A historical film about the struggle in the 18th century of the young ruler of the Kuban Khanate, Fatali Khan, who sought to unite the scattered khanates into a single Azerbaijani state.