Sadig Huseynov
2021Ömrün 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
The Last Mountain Pass
Kamil Rustambeyov
Hasan Mammadov, Adil Isgandarov
Based on a novel by Farman Karimzade, the movie shows the life in an Azerbaijani village under the Soviet rule in 1930s. Here two former "beys" (land owners) are opposing each other. One is loyal to the ideology of the past and can't reconcile himself to the new power, to second rejects the past and accepts the power of the Bolsheviks, believing that it will establish justice.
The Last Mountain Pass
O Olmasın, Bu Olsun
Huseyn Seyidzadeh
Arif Mirzaguliyev, Tamara Gozalova
Popularly known by the name of the main character, "Mashadi Ibad" was based on a musical comedy by composer Uzeyir Hajibeyov and written in the early 1900s. The story is based on the age old-theme of a beautiful young woman Gulnaz who falls in love with a young man Sarvar but is obliged to marry someone else.
If Not This, Then That
My Seven Sons
Tofig Taghizadeh
Hasan Mammadov, Anvar Hasanov
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.
My Seven Sons
Sound of the Pipe
Rasim Ojagov
Akif Maharramov, Mammadrza Sheikhzamanov
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.
Sound of the Pipe
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
Evlənmək İstəyirəm
Cahangir Mehdiyev
Shamil Suleymanov, Kamil Maharramov
After the story of same name of A.Hagverdiyev. Film is about young man called Shamil. He is not so rich but everybody respects him for his good mood. He fells love with Kembay's (he is richest treader in this town) daughter-Gulsum. But his father doesn't let them to be together.
I Want to Get Married
Golden Precipice
Fikrat Aliyev
Aliabbas Gadirov, Hamida Omarova
Конец XIX века. В Баку зарождается нефтяная промышленность. Молодой бедняк Джалил волей случая становится владельцем нефтеносного участка. Но неожиданное богатство приносит ему одно несчастье за другим. От него отворачиваются друзья, уходит к другому любимая женщина. Герой, мечтавший о домашнем очаге, так и не создаст семью.
Golden Precipice
In a Southern Town
Eldar Guliyev
Hasan Mammadov, Eldaniz Zeynalov
Murad, a young man, lives by the old ethical norms that are still valid in the suburbs of his city. He had promised Tofig, his childhood friend, to give him his sister as a wife, but Tofig is in love with another girl. He forgets the promise and takes the girl home. Murad is offended. According to the code of honor, he must take revenge. One of the first films ever produced in the Soviet Union to challenge the sociopolitical establishment.
In a Southern Town
Why do You Remain Silent?
Hasan Seyidbeyli
Khayal Akhundzadeh, Rana Salimova
Rasim, a young mechanic, meets Surayya and falls in love with her. But he is dragged into Shirmammad's wrongdoings; Shirmammad is Surayya's father and the leader of a gang of poachers. Realising his fault, Rasim tries to convince Surayya to stop trafficking in stolen fish. After a long period of reflection, Rasim becomes aware that he cannot go against his conscience, even for love's sake.
Why do You Remain Silent?
