Her Great Heart

Pomegranate Orchard

July 2017 •Azerbaijani

Inspired by Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, the film follows a prodigal son who returns after 12 years. His reappearance at the family home in rural Azerbaijan significantly alters their way of life.

Arshin Takes a Wife

October 1945 •Azerbaijani

Set in Baku at the turn of the 20th century, a young successful businessman Asgar wishes to marry. He wants his bride to be the choice of his heart, however, Azerbaijani tradition restricted him from communicating with the lady as a lover before marriage. So Asgar decides to disguise himself as a mere cloth peddler and the young woman Gulchohra falls in love with him.

Tahmina

May 1993 •Azerbaijani

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.

Another Life

February 1987 •Azerbaijani

Psychological drama about a university dean who leads a double life.

The Devil under the Windshield

July 1988 •Azerbaijani

A journalist is investigating a group of poachers who are illegally selling the huge amounts of fish

Matteo Falcone

January 1960 •Azerbaijani

Matteo Falcone is an Azerbaijani short drama film based on Prosper Merimée's like-named story from 1829. Matteo Falcone is a successful Corsican, who lives with his wife Giuseppa and 10-year-old son Fortunato. One day he leaves home with Giuseppa, leaving Fortunato alone.

Garden Season

February 1985 •Azerbaijani

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.

Sound of the Pipe

December 1975 •Azerbaijani

The novelette was written by I.Huseynov. In the film, the problem of war is viewed from the perspective of love. Almost all of the men of the village are at the battlefront. The women who stayed in the night and day to support their efforts. Children wake up in the middle of the night, crying for bread. All of the villagers feel anxious for the men to return. Mothers are waiting for their sons; wives, for their husbands and children, for their fathers. When Sayali's husband dies at the front, her husband's friend Jabrayil proposes to her. The people of the village are furious. Jabrayil's brothers leave home, convinced that their family has been disgraced. One brother goesw crazy; the other fall ill and dies. The only person who doesn't blame Jabrayil is the "agsaggal" (the wise old man) of the village - Isfandiyar Kishi. In this film, note single sound of weaponry is heard, not are any battle scenes depicted, yet we still witness the inherent tragedy of war.

Babek

December 1979 •Azerbaijani

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

The Day Passed

February 1971 •Azerbaijani

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 Golden Goose

October 1972 •Azerbaijani

The film is about the fishing island.

If I Die, Forgive Me

October 1989 •Azerbaijani

A soldier recently returned home finds it hard to scrape by, and the girl he loved married.

Ulduz

December 1964 •Azerbaijani

The film is about of village life. After the same name operetta musical comedy.

The Dream

January 2001 •Azerbaijani

A young man tells the dream he had about running away with the daughter of chief of police to his grandma. People spread and exaggerate rumors as if it was a real story until it reaches to the chief himself.

The Winds blow in Baku

January 1974 •Azerbaijani

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.

Koroghlu

October 1960 •Azerbaijani

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

Business Trip

February 1982 •Azerbaijani

After the story of the same name of Rustam Ibrahimbeyov.

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.