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The Scoundrel

May 1988 •Azerbaijani

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.

People without Hands

December 1932 •Russian

Dağlarda Döyüş

May 1967 •Azerbaijani

Babek

December 1979 •Azerbaijani

It is an epic movie about an Azerbaijani martur-hero who revolted against the Arab invasion of the 7th century.

Stepmother

December 1958 •Azerbaijani

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.

The Tempestuous Kura

April 1969 •Azerbaijani

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.

My Seven Sons

September 1970 •Azerbaijani

This film was based on Samad Vurgun's "Komsomol poem". Seven sons, like seven samurai become the seven komsomols (communist leaders) who were sent to a village to establish Soviet power. Seven sons become the romanticized images of people's heroes ready to take revenge.

Last Night of Last Year

July 1983 •Azerbaijani

The film is dedicated to a mother who protects the warmth of her hearth, the peace and well-being of her family.

Say You Love Me

September 1977 •Azerbaijani

The Peasants

December 1939 •Azerbaijani

Whirlpool

January 1986 •Azerbaijani

After the novel of the same name of M.Suleymanov. The film is about dramatic events between two workers.

In Front of a Closed Door

July 1981 •Azerbaijani

Execution Day

February 1990 •Azerbaijani

After the novel of the same name of Yusif Samadoghlu. The film is about three intervals in time: the distant past, yesterday and today, about innocent victims, about repression, and conquest of different countries.

The Poet

January 1991 •Azerbaijani

Sevil

July 1970 •Azerbaijani

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.

In the Fire

December 1978 •Azerbaijani

Historical film about the dramatic event in the southern regions of Azerbaijan during the 1917 Soviet Revolution.

By the Bluest of Seas

April 1936 •Russian

Two men shipwrecked on an island in the Caspian Sea are saved by members of a collective farm, where they work on its fishing boats and woo the young woman leading the fishermen.

The Fires of Baku

May 1950 •Russian

Dedicated to the development of the oil industry of Soviet Azerbaijan in the background of the first half of the twentieth century, including their selfless work in strengthening the economic and military might of the USSR.

Execution is Postponed

March 2003 •Azerbaijani

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.

Wait for Me

December 1980 •Azerbaijani

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