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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.

The Peasants

December 1939 •Azerbaijani

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.

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.

The Telephone Operator

July 1962 •Azerbaijani

The film is about young girl and her first love.

Garden Season

February 1985 •Azerbaijani

The Hope

January 1995 •Azerbaijani

The film is about war in Garabagh and when we look at wounded solider we see our son, brother or father.

All For The Best

January 1997 •Azerbaijani

The events occur during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. Because of a corpse in a zinc coffin with an arguable address, two families get excited. Having cut the lid off the coffin to identify the soldier, they find out that he is, in fact, Armenian - former citizen of Baku.

The Basement

December 1990 •Azerbaijani

After many years of effort and patience, she failed to save her family. She watched with pain as her husband, an architect by training, was ruining his life with idleness and melancholy. Unable to bear the boredom of life together, she leaves home...

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.

Fortress

June 2008 •Azerbaijani

A drama about a film crew making a movie in an isolated mountain town famous for its ancient fortress, and what happens when the town is threatened by a modern-day foreign invasion.

In Front of a Closed Door

July 1981 •Azerbaijani

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.

The Cherry Tree

January 1972 •Azerbaijani

It is the story of an old man - Gulam - and the cherry tree which grew in his garden. As the story opens, the village children consider Gulam their best friend. But as the war wears on, Gulam directs his kindness and affection to his cherry tree, shielding the tree from the children who are starving. In the process, Gulam becomes very aggressive and eventually is seen as the enemy of the children. The movie shows how war can destory even the most tender and gentle feelings, as well as the most basic moral values of being human.

Mystery of the Ship Clock

September 1983 •Azerbaijani

The chain of adventures of a young ten-year-old Baku boy Alik who ran away from home led him to Odesa. Here, the boy made friends with his peers and many other people, and learned his first life lessons. He returned home accompanied by his father and mother, for whom their son's escape became a test of the family's strength.

Baku's People

June 1938 •Azerbaijani

The film is about the revolution which began bacause of dissemination of Bolshevik ideas among workers.

The Burden

January 1995 •Azerbaijani

The film is about a day of the 19th-20th century famous tycoons from Baku Agha Musa Naghiyev and Hadji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev.

In the Fire

December 1978 •Azerbaijani

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

Real Friend

December 1959 •Azerbaijani

The film is about two fishermen who went through difficult ordeal during the shipwreck.

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.