By the Bluest of Seas

By the Bluest of Seas 1936

6.40

Two men shipwrecked on an island in the Caspian Sea are saved by members of a collective farm, where they work on its fishing boats and woo the young woman leading the fishermen.

1936

Interrogation

Interrogation 1979

6.20

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.

1979

The Contact

The Contact 1990

4.20

In search of housing, a student stumbles upon an advertisement for renting an apartment at a very reasonable fee—and promptly agrees with a woman who recently laid her son to rest, complying with all her conditions. The young man settles into the apartment and gradually becomes a witness to inexplicable mystical phenomena.

1990

Stepmother

Stepmother 1958

5.40

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.

1958

Last Night of Last Year

Last Night of Last Year 1983

6.00

The film is dedicated to a mother who protects the warmth of her hearth, the peace and well-being of her family.

1983

The Morning

The Morning 1960

1

After the novel of the same name of Mehdi Huseyn.

1960

The Joke

The Joke 1990

4.80

Made in the tragic comedy genre, this film is about the dysfunctional Soviet management system in Azerbaijan SSR at the end of 1980s and about the decadence and corruption of the Soviet bureaucracy.

1990

The Mother in Law

The Mother in Law 1978

6.30

The movie is about relations between mother and her daughter-in-law.

1978

Wonderful Apples

Wonderful Apples 1975

5.80

The film is about the gardener who cultivated magic apples which brought luck to people.

1975

Another Life

Another Life 1987

1

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

1987

Under the Burning Sun

Under the Burning Sun 1957

1

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

1957

My Seven Sons

My Seven Sons 1970

4.20

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

On Distant Shores

On Distant Shores 1958

5.40

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

Shared Bread

Shared Bread 1969

5.83

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

1969

Bakhtiyar

Bakhtiyar 1955

1.00

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.

1955

The House on the Volcano

The House on the Volcano 1929

5.50

An aging drilling foreman recounts the brutal suppression of an oil workers’ strike in pre-revolutionary Baku.

1929