Babek

I Loved You More than Life

December 1985 •Azerbaijani

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

The Return of the Violin

January 1973 •Azerbaijani

During the WWII a group of children are trying to save Stradivarius violin from Nazis.

The Winds blow in Baku

January 1974 •Azerbaijani

On Distant Shores

August 1958 •Azerbaijani

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

December 1962 •Azerbaijani

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

From Two Worlds as a Keepsake

January 2012 •English

In Soviet Azerbaijan, a divorced Armenian couple fights over the custody of their daughter, Ashen. Stolen from one parent to another, Ashen's guardians are tragically killed in the bloody war surrounding them. Will the arrival of a new savior finally bring Ashen freedom? Official selection of the Global Lens Collection presented by the Global Film Initiative.

The Peasants

December 1939 •Azerbaijani

In a Southern Town

January 1969 •Azerbaijani

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 Twenty Six Comissars

February 1966 •Azerbaijani

The film is about dramatic revolutionary events happened in 1918 in Baku.

The Fires of Baku

May 1950 •Russian

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.

My Seven Sons

September 1970 •Azerbaijani

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.

Shared Bread

October 1969 •Azerbaijani

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

The Last Mountain Pass

July 1971 •Azerbaijani

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.

Dağlarda Döyüş

May 1967 •Azerbaijani

I wasn't Beautiful then

December 1968 •Azerbaijani

After the novel of the same name of B.Bayramov. The film is about life during war, about postwoman.

Golden Precipice

March 1980 •Azerbaijani

Saddle these Horses

August 1984 •Azerbaijani

The film is about Gachag Nabi's heroism.

Her Great Heart

December 1958 •Azerbaijani

This is a story about World War II. The adultery of her husband didn't wreck her life because she could stand all difficulties with a little help of her faithfull friends.

Baku's People

June 1938 •Azerbaijani

The film is about the revolution which began bacause of dissemination of Bolshevik ideas among workers.

The Inquiry is Going On

December 1966 •Azerbaijani

After the novel "Sahil Amaliyyati" (The operation of "Side") of the same name of Jamshid Amirov. The film is about foreign secret service's operation and it's revelation by security organs.