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.

1971-07-18 | az

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.

1958-08-18 | az

The Labour and Rose

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

1962-12-02 | az

Garib in the Land of Jinn

1977-02-09 | az

From Two Worlds as a Keepsake

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.

2012-01-01 | en

You Can't Take an Island with You

A young girl is trying to save an island which is endangered by nearby construction.

1980-09-30 | az

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.

1969-01-27 | az

Two Boys from the Same District

Childhood friends Ahmet and Nuri, the sons of poor farmers, grew up together, studied together, and worked together in a factory. Together, they publish the magazine Light, which opposes the colonial policies of foreign capital and military pacts. After their first imprisonment, the friends' paths diverge: Nuri betrays his convictions and joins a reactionary newspaper. His life is now safe, but he finds no joy or peace. Meanwhile, Ahmet, having become one of the main enemies of the reactionaries, attracts more and more patriots to his side.

1957-02-11 | az

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.

1950-05-08 | ru

The Twenty Six Comissars

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

1966-02-16 | az

Shared Bread

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

1969-10-30 | az

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.

1970-09-07 | az

The Peasants

1939-12-28 | az

In the Fire

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

1978-12-01 | az

Four Sundays

After the novelette of the same name of Huseyn Abbaszadeh. The film is about friends' meeting who fought together as a partisans in Belorussian detached force.

1974-11-20 | az

The Invincible Battalion

The film is about events which has happened with the "Potyomkin" ship.

1965-12-19 | az

The Knights of Black Lake

After the story of the same name of S. Veliyev. It's devoted about life concerns of oil workers and their children.

1984-08-30 | az

Dağlarda Döyüş

1967-05-08 | az

The Shadows are Crawling

1958-09-26 | az

Sabuhi

The film is dedicated to the life and creative work of the great Azerbaijani educator, playwright, and philosopher, Mirza Fatali Akhundov, affectionately known as Sabuhi, meaning “man of the morning.”

1941-09-17 | az