In the Name of the Law (1968)

On Distant Shores

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.

The Labour and Rose

The film is about famous Chechen ballet and folk dancer Mahmud Essembayev's life.

The Scoundrel

Film exposes the corruption and the decadence of the late Soviet bureaucracy in Azerbaijan SSR through the eyes of a naive Azerbaijani adult man, Hatem.

Tahmina

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

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

The Devil under the Windshield

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

Pomegranate Orchard

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.

Nabat

The story is set during an upsurge in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and revolves around an old, sick ex-forestry worker and his wife Nabat, whose son has died in battle.

If I Die, Forgive Me

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

Stepmother

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.

Find That Girl

Police are conducting a homicide investigation after man dies in car accident.

The Day Passed

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.

Sound of the Pipe

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.

An Old Ferry

The story of the conversion of uncultivated lands in one of the Azerbaijani villages into vineyards, the serious structural changes in agriculture that occur as a result, and the emergence of moral and psychological problems. It also discusses the socio-economic problems facing grape growers in our republic.

The Fires of Baku

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.

Business Trip

After the story of the same name of Rustam Ibrahimbeyov.

In Front of a Closed Door

Murad, the favorite of the entire court, has just returned from prison, where he ultimately took the blame for his friend's crime. All this time, his fiancée Gul waited for him, and now they are getting married. Meanwhile, behind one of the doors overlooking Murad's garden, a woman's scream can be heard from time to time, but the neighbors do nothing. Will Murad be able to rise above the general indifference to his neighbor's affairs and help the unfortunate woman?

The Family

January 1990, Baku. The Soviet Union hasn't collapsed yet. Around 300 thousand Azeri have been forsed out from their homes in Armenia and Daghlig Garabagh. Rallies of protest, political meetings spring up in Baku. The old patriarch, Ismail gathers under his roof distant relatives, people of different nationalities, beliefs, and ideas. The old man is tortured by everything happening around him: unrest in the city as well as discord and discarder in his own overpopulated apartment. All his efforts to preserve the family are in vain. People want to live separately. Former friends become bitter enemies because of the senseless aggression.

An Ice in a Warm Sea

The old shipyard repairman ust-Nazar returned to work after an illness. They were already preparing to see the old man off to retirement. But Ust-Nazar was able to convince his superiors of his efficiency, and they instructed him to repair the old boat. By spring, the boat was ready for sailing. When a huge ice floe threatened the oil rig during an ice break, the old man, without thinking about his own life, went with a battering ram to the ice block.

Gilan's Daughter

This drama is about Gilan's downfall in 1920th under onslaught of Iran's shah & English army.

Dada Gorgud

Legend of Azerbaijanian people "Kitabi Dada - Gorgud" is about damatic events, about Dada Gorgud.

The Preservation of Secret

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Additional Trace

A young woman has been murdered in one of the apartments. Prosecutor Babaev goes to the scene of the crime. He must find the killer, Nargiz, and investigate the motive for the crime, together with homicide investigator Yagubov.

Only You

After the story of same name of Ilyas Afandiyev. The film is about two young people's love.

I Want to Understand

The film is about parents who wanted to build the house and gather together with their children in the house.

The Day after Tomorrow at Midnight

After the novel of the same name of M. Avdiyev and A. Donets. The film is about first operations of National State Security.

In the Fire

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

If We're Together

The film is about the young people just finishing school.

The Frenchman

The film is about people who don't like national traditions and being Azerbaijani after returning from Europe.

Fatali Khan

A historical film about the struggle in the 18th century of the young ruler of the Kuban Khanate, Fatali Khan, who sought to unite the scattered khanates into a single Azerbaijani state.

The Last Night of Childhood

Murad, a young man fails the entrance exam to the Institute and starts working at the meat factory. His cousin Rustam, a worker on a building site, fights with him against the dishonest people who sell pieces of meat from the factory. After a series of dramatic situations, Murad and Rustam manage to uncover the thieves.