Man Casts an Anchor (1967)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Stab in the Back

Young inspector investigates a murder in small town.

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.

Business Trip

After the story of the same name of Rustam Ibrahimbeyov.

Sevil

The film takes place in Baku in 1918-19 and then several years later. The film is based on the opera of the same name by Fikret Amirov. Sevil became the first film opera in the history of Azerbaijani cinema.

In a Southern Town

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Great Support

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

In the Fire

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

The Bay of Happiness

The film is about the first oil-well in the world in the world in the 1920th.

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.

Fatali Khan

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An Old Ferry

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Only You

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

Our Teacher Jabish

Events are happening in WW2. Jabish is a teacher at primary school. His complaining wife drives him mad about not bribing. Then she makes him to cook a soap for making the money. Also other processes are shown in the course of the war.

Nizami

The historical film about great Azerbaijan poet and philosopher Nizami Ganjavi's life.

Asif, Vasif, Ağasif

A funny adventures of three little brothers.

I Loved You More than Life

Biopic about general Hazi Aslanov, who died fighting Germans in WW2.

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.

The Labour and Rose

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

Additional Trace

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Dağlarda Döyüş

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