Mukhtar Maniyev

This Wonderful, Wonderful World (1999)

After the country transitions to a market economy, the psychiatric hospital is left without funding. The chief doctor (Yaşar Nuri) releases the patients to their homes. However, the outside world turns out to be even more insane than the patients themselv ...

Yellow Bride (1998)

Two men from neighbouring villages – the Armenian Artavaz and the Azerbaijani Gadir – find themselves in the chaos of the conflict between their two countries. Brought together by a play of fate, they flee an incomprehensible war. ...

All For The Best (1997)

The events occur during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. Because of a corpse in a zinc coffin with an arguable address, two families get excited. Having cut the lid off the coffin to identify the soldier, they find out that he is, in fact, Armenian - former citiz ...

Both a Visit and a Business (1995)

Geography teacher Mustafa and his wife visit Istanbul to meet his long-lost cousin, and maybe sell some goods while they're at it. ...

The Frenchman (1995)

Story of a painter hiding in the attic claiming to be French and refusing to speak Azerbaijani even with his family. To return him to his roots, his family and in-laws try different methods. ...

White World (1995)

The center of the psychological drama is the Crazy Samad. However, despite his name being Crazy Samad, he is more honest and intelligent than some people. Since the film is based on a combination of three stories, it tells the story of the misfortunes of t ...

The Verdict (1994)

The film is about sportsman who tried to avenge to his friend's murder. ...

Black Volga (1994)

The film talks about countless crimes committed by the criminal group led by "Panjali Aslan" and eventually the destruction of this criminal group by law enforcement agencies. ...

The Engagement Ring (1991)

Moshu's family and their neighbours go to a seaside motel to spend their summer vacation. Things get awkward after Sara loses her engagement ring. ...

The Poet (1991)

The film is dedicated to the memory of the great Azerbaijani poet Muhammad Fuzuli by the relic-gazalakh, and the lyric poet Aliaga Vahid. The poet's life is presented in chronological order. The authors do not clearly indicate the names of the people who c ...

Murder in the Night Train (1990)

The film is about lad who joined the underworld, after coming from Afghan war. ...

The Witness (1990)

The film tells a story about non-democratic and non-legal social events in the country of Azerbaijan. ...

The Joke (1990)

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. ...

If I Die, Forgive Me (1989)

A soldier recently returned home finds it hard to scrape by, and the girl he loved married. ...

The Native Shores (1989)

The film is about frontier-guards who averts the diversion in hydroelectric power station which was built by another state. ...

Boundless Night (1989)

A lonely old woman remember her youth, the days when she worked as a prostitute because of the poverty during the Second World War. ...

The Diversion (1989)

After fulfilling his duty in Afghan War, Zaur returns to his home Baku. He is trying to clarify the truth when he heard that his father was arrested. ...

The Scoundrel (1989)

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 Devil under the Windshield (1988)

A journalist is investigating a group of poachers who are illegally selling the huge amounts of fish ...

Surayya (1987)

Suraya, a young milkmaid from a remote mountain village, is searching for her fiancé Seifetdin in the city. She learns that he has long been married and has a son who lives with his elderly, sick grandfather, as Seifetdin is serving a sentence for hooliga ...

Another Life (1987)

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

Wait for the Signal from the Sea (1986)

The film is about commissary Chingiz Ildirim. ...

Yellow Leaves in Summer (1986)

The talented teacher Shams arrives in a remote mountain village. He manages not only to establish a normal educational process at the school, but also to have a tremendous moral influence on the students. ...

The Jinn in Microdistrict (1986)

The events in the film take place in one of the modern cities. The editor-in-chief Rustam Agayev (Egit Iskenderov) finds an ancient lamp placed in the jaw. For the talented but poor character Rustam, this lamp shatters the sky. With the help of jinn, the y ...

I Loved You More than Life (1985)

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

An Old Ferry (1985)

The story of the conversion of uncultivated lands in one of the Azerbaijani villages into vineyards, the serious structural changes in agriculture that occur as a result, and the emergence of moral and psychological problems. It also discusses the socio-ec ...

Saddle these Horses (1985)

The film is about Gachag Nabi's heroism. ...

The Knights of Black Lake (1984)

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

Park (1984)

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. ...

The Silver Truck (1982)

Madina is a young married woman who is mentally strong despite the problems she encounters.She has no children and her relationship with her husband is bad, although he loves her.She makes carpets which is a way for her to express her feelings. One day, sh ...

Nizami (1982)

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

Don't Be Afraid, I'm with You (1981)

In early 20th-century Azerbaijan, two circus artists travel to a village where one of them was born, unaware of the danger and adventure that await them. ...

The Road Story (1981)

After learning that his daughter is in love with a truck driver, corrupt Housing Office director tries to make use of his service in a last smuggle operation, then break his promise and marry her to someone else. This comedy is mainly about the dark sides ...

Additional Trace (1981)

A young woman has been murdered in one of the apartments. Prosecutor Babaev goes to the scene of the crime. He must find the killer, Nargiz, and investigate the motive for the crime, together with homicide investigator Yagubov. ...

Wait for Me (1980)

The film is about village boy who became an enlisment officer and came back to Garabagh and fell in love with bey's daughter. ...

Golden Precipice (1980)

The oil industry is emerging in Baku. A poor young man named Jalil accidentally becomes the owner of an oilfield site. But unexpected wealth brings him one misfortune after another. His friends turn away from him, and the woman he loves leaves for another. ...

Babek (1979)

It is an epic movie about an Azerbaijani martur-hero who revolted against the Arab invasion of the 7th century. ...

The Unfinished Song (1979)

The film tells the story of a singer who is devoted to his friends and attached to the stage, valuing this more than his talent, vocal skills, and training in opera from professionals. ...

Diploma Thesis (1979)

The sculptor Mahmud, an art student comes to his grandmother's village for vacation. He chooses his cousin Zumrad as a living model for his diploma work. When the work has finished, the relatives of Zumrad demand Mahmud to marry her. A young artist runs aw ...

In the Fire (1978)

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

The Bay of Happiness (1978)

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

In the Wind's Eye (1977)

The film is about relations between different people. ...

The Price of Happiness (1977)

Rukhsara and her son Ibrahim are very concerned about the future of their five daughters growing up at home - Gulkhar, Khalida, Sakina, Zohra and Sevinc. Rukhsara's dream is to give each of the girls a dowry, to send them off to their husband's house acco ...

Straight to the Volcano (1977)

After the novellette of the same name of Mehdi Huseyn. ...

Garib in the Land of Jinn (1977)

The twin brothers Sachib and Garib are cheerful and funny boys. They tend to their small farm and take care of their mother and sister. But Garib is no longer satisfied with this "simple" life. He wants to achieve prestige and prosperity. One day, while wo ...

One Fine Day (1977)

A film almanac consisting of two short stories, united by a common idea of the need to maintain harmony between private and public interests: "Suite" and "One Fine Day". The hero of the story "Suite" is a lifeguard on the shore. The events taking place at ...

Clouds are Our Umbrellas (1976)

Firangiz (1975)

The secretary of the district committee, Firangiz, is cautious and demanding, as well as very harsh and inconsistent. She cannot tolerate not only her compatriots, but even her husband, the researcher Murad, and her entire family. ...

If We're Together (1975)

The film is about the young people just finishing school. ...

Four Sundays (1974)

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. ...

The First Hour of Life (1974)

The film is about oilmen having different ideals and decisions, were also based on this same ideology, depiciting the heroism of oil workers, who never became exhausted and who continued working in oil, generation after generation. It was the oil workers w ...

Çarvadarların izi ilə (1974)

The novel was written by Ilyas Afandiyev. The film is about road builders. ...

Nasimi (1974)

The film is a biographical true story about life of Imadaddin Nasimi, well known throughout the East for his school of philosophy and thought, poems and promotion of moral values in a feudal society. During the 14th-15th centuries, when Azerbaijan was a st ...

The Avenger of Ganjabasar (1974)

The film is about the rebellion in Ganja in 1919-1920 at the head of Gatir Mammad. ...

Fair Wind (1974)

Jan Vacek, a revolutionary of Czech origin, organizes the retreat of communist troops in Baku after the Bolshevik Revolution, following the fall of the local commune... ...

The Winds Blow in Baku (1974)

Summer 1942. Nazi troops storm the Caucasus. They are rushing to get their hands on Baku oil. An Abwehr special group called "Wartburg" has settled in the Nalchik area. In Baku, German spy Ziegel (Pavel Kadochnikov) heads to the oil fields from Maykop unde ...

Long Live, Girls (1973)

The plot of the film is based on real events that took place in the summer of 1958 on one of the beaches of Absheron, when Tofik Huseynov, a schoolboy from Baku, drowned in the sea while saving drowning children. The film begins before the opening credits: ...

The Return of the Violin (1973)

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

The Cool Guy (1972)

Soviet engineer Viktor Loginov, who came to one of the East as a technical representative of the Minsk Automobile Plant, had to take part in an international rally due to the illness of a professional racer. Among the experienced aces from other countries, ...

Find That Girl (1970)

Police are conducting a homicide investigation after man dies in car accident. ...

Our Teacher Jabish (1969)

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. ...

The Last Night of Childhood (1968)

Murad, a young man fails the entrance exam to the Institute and starts working at the meat factory. His cousin Rustam, a worker on a building site, fights with him against the dishonest people who sell pieces of meat from the factory. After a series of dra ...

In the Name of the Law (1968)

The film is about the public prosecutor who fought against the criminality but was killed by them. ...

Man Casts an Anchor (1967)

The film is about an oilman who took a lost worker's place and won the respect of other oilmen, was also based on this same ideology, depicting the heroism of oil workers, who never became exhausted and continued working in oil, generation after generation ...

Koroghlu (1960)

The heroic Koroghlu is a poor youngster who leads a peasants' revolt against the tyrannic Khan. ...

Can One Forgive Him? (1959)

The film is about the boy who got under bad when influence after losing his family he faced with tragic events. ...