The Winds blow in Baku

On Distant Shores

August 1958 •Azerbaijani

The film portrays the life of the legendary Azerbaijani guerrilla of the Second World War Mehdi Huseynzadeh, who fought the Nazi forces in the present-day Italy and Slovenia, hence the film's name On distant shores referring to the Adriatic Sea.

Garib in the Land of Jinn

February 1977 •Azerbaijani

You Can't Take an Island with You

September 1980 •Azerbaijani

A young girl is trying to save an island which is endangered by nearby construction.

The Twenty Six Comissars

February 1966 •Azerbaijani

The film is about dramatic revolutionary events happened in 1918 in Baku.

Two Boys from the Same District

February 1957 •Azerbaijani

Childhood friends Ahmet and Nuri, the sons of poor farmers, grew up together, studied together, and worked together in a factory. Together, they publish the magazine Light, which opposes the colonial policies of foreign capital and military pacts. After their first imprisonment, the friends' paths diverge: Nuri betrays his convictions and joins a reactionary newspaper. His life is now safe, but he finds no joy or peace. Meanwhile, Ahmet, having become one of the main enemies of the reactionaries, attracts more and more patriots to his side.

The Peasants

December 1939 •Azerbaijani

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.

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.

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.

The Boy on the White Horse

January 1995 •Azerbaijani

At the end of the Garabagh war, a young Azeri man, who has been witness to the martyrdom of many people and the dispatch of his friends and relatives to the war front, mounts a white horse and without informing his family sets out for the front, He joins the relief work group in spite of the objections of the commander of the forces, until...

The Native Shores

August 1989 •Azerbaijani

The film is about frontier-guards who averts the diversion in hydroelectric power station which was built by another state.

A Family

October 1943 •Russian

The film is about the Soviet People's patriotism and friendship.

Sabuhi

September 1941 •Azerbaijani

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.”

The Invincible Battalion

December 1965 •Azerbaijani

The film is about events which has happened with the "Potyomkin" ship.

The Knights of Black Lake

August 1984 •Azerbaijani

After the story of the same name of S. Veliyev. It's devoted about life concerns of oil workers and their children.

In the Fire

December 1978 •Azerbaijani

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

Fair Wind

July 1973 •Azerbaijani

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...

The Inquiry is Going On

December 1966 •Azerbaijani

After the novel "Sahil Amaliyyati" (The operation of "Side") of the same name of Jamshid Amirov. The film is about foreign secret service's operation and it's revelation by security organs.

Wait for the Signal from the Sea

September 1986 •Azerbaijani

The film is about commissary Chingiz Ildirim.

The Chest Found from the Fortress

December 1982 •Azerbaijani

About adventures of two schoolboys dreaming to find treasures.