Babek (1979)
It is an epic movie about an Azerbaijani martur-hero who revolted against the Arab invasion of the 7th century.
Top billed cast
Rasim BalayevBabak Al-Xurrami
Hasanagha TurabovAfshin
Amaliya PanahovaZarnisa
Tamara YandiyevaParvin
Shahmar AlakbarovJavidan
Muhammad VerdiyevBughday
Hamid AzayevAzrak
Anvar HasanovTarkhan
Hamlet KhanizadehKhalifa Motasim
Hadjimurad YegizarovKhalifa Mamun
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On Distant Shores (1958)
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.
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The film is about commissary Chingiz Ildirim.
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Sound of the Pipe (1975)
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.
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Shared Bread (1969)
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My Seven Sons (1970)
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Koroghlu (1960)
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The Fires of Baku (1950)
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The Avenger of Ganjabasar (1974)
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In the Fire (1978)
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Fair Wind (1973)
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