Golden Precipice (1980)

Interrogation

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.

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.

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 Last Mountain Pass

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.

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.

The Devil under the Windshield

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

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.

Garib in the Land of Jinn

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Shared Bread

While there is famine during WW2, a boy with mom far away, tries to stay strong.

My Seven Sons

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.

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.

The Winds blow in Baku

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If I Die, Forgive Me

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

The Birthday Party

This lyrical psychological film is about true friendship. The characters in the film are contemporaries in of late 1970s Azerbaijan SSR with differing visions of the world, yet sharing true and lasting friendship.

The Stab in the Back

Young inspector investigates a murder in small town.

Dağlarda Döyüş

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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.

Babek

It is an epic movie about an Azerbaijani martur-hero who revolted against the Arab invasion of the 7th century.

Saddle these Horses

The film is about Gachag Nabi's heroism.

In the Name of the Law

The film is about the public prosecutor who fought against the criminality but was killed by them.

The Tempestuous Kura

After the novel of the same name of I.Shykhly. The film is about new intelligenzia in Azerbaijan at the beginning of the 20th century.

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.

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.

Bakhtiyar

The film is about oilman who had beautiful voice. He didn't attach great importance to his friends is advice to get special music reward. But he changed his attitude to art under the influence of his friends.

Under the Burning Sun

The hero of the film coming to the village for a short while decided to stay there by his medical duty.

The Great Support

After the novellette of the same name of M.Ibrahimov. The film is about a man who trusted his subordinates.

Business and Pleasure

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.

Park

Marat meets a girl named Vika in St. Petersburg.The girl wants Marat to take her to Baku. Marat’s love for Vika is growing day by day. The movie is about relations between Marat, Vika and his friend Mikail.

The Silver Truck

Madina is a young married woman who is mentally strong despite the problems she encounters.She has no children and her relationship with her husband is bad, although he loves her.She makes carpets which is a way for her to express her feelings. One day, she meets a man working in a circus. She gets to know him better and becomes transformed by him as he helps her improve her husband and the carpets she creates.

In Front of a Closed Door

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The Pain of a Baby Tooth

A young boy through a period of transition. His last baby tooth, which symbolises this period, is sore. He is scared of pulling it out, of saying goodbye to his dead mother and to his childhood. No one understands him, be is deprived from material physical affection. He himself does not understand his father who has brought another woman home. He feels this is an act of betrayal towards his dead mother.

The Avenger of Ganjabasar

The film is about the rebellion in Ganja in 1919-1920 at the head of Gatir Mammad.

The Burden

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

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

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Mystery of the Ship Clock

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.

İntizar

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An Old Ferry

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The Exam

After the play of the same name of Anar.