Rasim Balayev
1948 (77 лет)Rasim Balayev was born on 8 August 1948 in Aghsu region of Azerbaijan. At the age of 15-16, he got involved in theater performances. Being from rural area, Rasim's family attempted to push him to choose a different career, though he never did and got enrolled in Azerbaijani Institute of Arts, from which he graduated in 1969. The actor's first film experience on big screen came with a short role in the film "Stars don't die away". Rasim Balayev's fame came after his part in 3 movies and participation in two film festivals: the 7th Soviet festival in Baku and 3rd International festival in Tashkent where he received an award for Best Actor and several proposals for main roles in future movies. Among his best performances are films Nasimi, Babek, The Scoundrel, Anecdote, and The Bat.
Ömrün ilk Saatı
Arif Babayev
Hasanagha Turabov, Shahmar Alakbarov
The film is about oilmen having different ideals and decisions, were also based on this same ideology, depiciting the heroism of oil workers, who never became exhausted and who continued working in oil, generation after generation. It was the oil workers who were always invincible, unconquerable and unyieling, in contrast with other characters who were shown as weak and who preferred to earn a living via easier means.
The First Hour of Life
Nəsimi
Hasan Seyidbeyli
Rasim Balayev, Ismail Osmanli
The film is a biographical true story about life of Imadaddin Nasimi, well known throughout the East for his school of philosophy and thought, poems and promotion of moral values in a feudal society. During the 14th-15th centuries, when Azerbaijan was a stage for warring powers and civil wars, Nasimi was the only poet committed to promotion of humanism and moral values inflicting criticism on the ruling system and the society itself. For his intruding role in feudal regimes, Nasimi lived a complex and tragic life.
Nasimi
Küçələrə Su Səpmişəm
Nijat Feyzullayev
Fuad Poladov, Rasim Balayev
A man goes to prison for years for a crime his cousin committed. After his release he moves to his native village and lives a simple life. But when his cousin comes to visit, his old thoughts of revenge return.
There, Where the Rivers Merge
Lətifə
Nizami Musayev, Yefim Abramov
Rasim Balayev, Jeyhun Mirzayev
Made in the tragic comedy genre, this film is about the dysfunctional Soviet management system in Azerbaijan SSR at the end of 1980s and about the decadence and corruption of the Soviet bureaucracy.
The Joke
Business and Pleasure
Rasim Ojagov
Hadji Ismailov, Nuriya Ahmadova
Mustafa works as a guide in Shaki (the city in Azerbaijan) and decides traveling to Turkey for making a trade to get some money. When his spouse and him went there, unexpected processes started to happen.
Business and Pleasure
Interrogation
Rasim Ojagov
Aleksandr Kalyagin, Hasan Mammadov
The investigator Seyfi Ganiyev runs the case of an illegal mercery shop's head Murad Abiyev, who confessed in embezzlement of one million rubles from public funds. Abiyev is also accused of the murder of an underage girls that occurred in Riga shortly after Abiyev saw her. He denies his guilt, but does not name the perpetrators though he knows them, despite the fact that he is facing the death penalty. The investigator understands that some high-ranking officials stand behind Abiyev, but he has no proof. Ganiyev seeks to obtain from the prisoner the whole truth to bring the criminals to justice.
Interrogation
Otel Otağı
Rasim Ojagov
Fakhraddin Manafov, Rasim Balayev
В центре фильма - герой-интеллигент, ученый-тюрколог, человек, сохранивший личное достоинство в самые сложные времена. Верность своим убеждениям и нравственным принципам он оплачивает бесконечными служебными неприятностями. Действие происходит в Азербайджане и Турции в 1990-е годы и 1930-1940-е.
Hotel Room
Bakı, Mən Səni Sevirəm
Yaver Rzayev
Aziya Arcenti, Corc Qafarov
The film anthology includes 10 short films: "Asia", "Meeting", "Artist", "Yard", "Bahram Gur", "Lottery ticket", "Caspian Atlantis", "About love", "Aysel" and "Coincidence". Each screenplay in the project reflects different moments in the life of Baku. Short films bring to life relationships between people, their love and longing, happy and sad moments. The main hero uniting these people, relations and different moments of life is the city of Baku.
Baku, I Love You
Wäre die Erde nicht rund...
Iris Gusner
Bożena Stryjkówna, Rasim Balayev
While studying in Moscow, the GDR resident Christiane falls in love with Hatem, a fellow student from Syria. The two become a couple and even have a child together. When their study draws to an end, Christiane and Hatem have to decide if they want to share their future together. After Hatem explains to Christiane that as a woman she will not be able to work in Syria, Christiane suggests moving to the GDR together. For Hatem, however, this is out of the question, since he considers it a betrayal of his country. Thus, the two young people are forced to go separate ways.
Wäre die Erde nicht rund...
