
Directing
Khodzha Kuli Narliyev
Born
1937-01-21 (89)
Place of birth
Ashkhabad, Turkmen SSR, USSR [now Ashgabat, Turkmenistan]
Known for
Directing
Credits
26 titles
Known for
NRThe film is set in a Turkmen village in the early years of collectivization. With the arrival of the new regime, much has changed. The film's protagonist, Ataniyaz, is overcome with agonizing doubts about what to do next. Bahram Khan, who has arrived from abroad, suggests that Ataniyaz take all his wealth and leave the country. But moving flocks of sheep is no easy task: it requires loyal shepherds. Now Ataniyaz-bai pins all his hopes on the young shepherd Kerim, who is passionately in love with his daughter, Ziba.
My People
1984
NREnver and Dondi love each other. But the girl's father forbids her to go to the city to study. Enver leaves for the city alone. She is being forcibly married off to someone else. Dondi decides to go against her parents' wishes and goes to the city to visit Enver...
The White Haze
1978
9.0Biopic about legendary Turkmen philosopher and poet, Makhtoumkuli, who was also known as Fragi.
Fragi - Away from Happiness
1984
7.0The film is about a Turkmen who defends his homeland from invasion. He is captured, tortured, and brainwashed into serving his homeland's conquerors. He is so completely turned that he kills his mother when she attempts to rescue him from captivity.
Mankurt
1990
5.8A woman whose husband has been killed in WWII lives with her father-in-law in the desert. She cannot leave and go back to her family, because that would mean the end of hope that her husband, a heroic pilot, might return one day.
The Daughter-in-Law
1972
NRDue to life circumstances, the young protagonists decide to leave their childhood homes, the places they’ve always loved, abandon their familiar way of life, and move to the capital to live and study in a large, unfamiliar city. The brothers find it difficult to adapt in the big, unfriendly city, which makes their life much less simple and familiar than it was at home. The young people seriously question the wisdom of their decision: to dramatically change their lives and completely alter everything that gave their life meaning, or to leave everything unchanged.
Call of the Desert
1970
Film credits
1980s · 3 titles
2.0Story of Jamal, a Turkmen woman who is left to tend to the farm when her husband goes off to fight in WW2.
Jamal's Tree
1981
The main character Akmuraz is an experienced ranger of the reserve, a man in love with his work, a devoted defender of nature. He and his friends, a scientist named Batyr, a militia captain named Sultanov, and vigilantes, are actively fighting against poachers who are predationally exterminating jeyran.
The Cheetah
1980
7.0KGB officer Galkanov is sent to Europe to investigate how gold coins linked to high-ranking Soviet officials are finding their way into foreign banks. As he digs deeper, the case leads him back home to Turkmenistan.
Nothing Happened
1989
1970s · 3 titles
NREnver and Dondi love each other. But the girl's father forbids her to go to the city to study. Enver leaves for the city alone. She is being forcibly married off to someone else. Dondi decides to go against her parents' wishes and goes to the city to visit Enver...
The White Haze
1978
NRDue to life circumstances, the young protagonists decide to leave their childhood homes, the places they’ve always loved, abandon their familiar way of life, and move to the capital to live and study in a large, unfamiliar city. The brothers find it difficult to adapt in the big, unfriendly city, which makes their life much less simple and familiar than it was at home. The young people seriously question the wisdom of their decision: to dramatically change their lives and completely alter everything that gave their life meaning, or to leave everything unchanged.
Call of the Desert
1970
9.0Biographical film about Eyne Kuliyeva, who was the first woman to be the head of a local governance in 1920s Soviet Turkmenistan.
When a Woman Saddles a Horse
1974
Series credits
Behind the camera
NRThe film is set in a Turkmen village in the early years of collectivization. With the arrival of the new regime, much has changed. The film's protagonist, Ataniyaz, is overcome with agonizing doubts about what to do next. Bahram Khan, who has arrived from abroad, suggests that Ataniyaz take all his wealth and leave the country. But moving flocks of sheep is no easy task: it requires loyal shepherds. Now Ataniyaz-bai pins all his hopes on the young shepherd Kerim, who is passionately in love with his daughter, Ziba.
My People
1984
9.0Biopic about legendary Turkmen philosopher and poet, Makhtoumkuli, who was also known as Fragi.
Fragi - Away from Happiness
1984
9.0Biopic about legendary Turkmen philosopher and poet, Makhtoumkuli, who was also known as Fragi.
Fragi - Away from Happiness
1984
7.0The film is about a Turkmen who defends his homeland from invasion. He is captured, tortured, and brainwashed into serving his homeland's conquerors. He is so completely turned that he kills his mother when she attempts to rescue him from captivity.
Mankurt
1990
5.8A woman whose husband has been killed in WWII lives with her father-in-law in the desert. She cannot leave and go back to her family, because that would mean the end of hope that her husband, a heroic pilot, might return one day.
The Daughter-in-Law
1972
5.8A woman whose husband has been killed in WWII lives with her father-in-law in the desert. She cannot leave and go back to her family, because that would mean the end of hope that her husband, a heroic pilot, might return one day.
The Daughter-in-Law
1972
NRAt the insistence of his parents, Taichi had to give up further studies and marry a girl he did not know, Akjemal. And her heart was given to someone else, a young man from her village.
Learn to Say No!
1978
NRAt the insistence of his parents, Taichi had to give up further studies and marry a girl he did not know, Akjemal. And her heart was given to someone else, a young man from her village.
Learn to Say No!
1978
NRA love story with a tragic ending set in 19th century Turkmenistan
The Kugitan Tragedy
1978
9.0Biographical film about Eyne Kuliyeva, who was the first woman to be the head of a local governance in 1920s Soviet Turkmenistan.
When a Woman Saddles a Horse
1974
9.0Biographical film about Eyne Kuliyeva, who was the first woman to be the head of a local governance in 1920s Soviet Turkmenistan.
When a Woman Saddles a Horse
1974
6.2A movie about the gas mine workers in the scorching hot desert of Karakum, Turkmenistan.
Karakum, 45° in the Shadow
1983
NRThe young beauty Madina remains deceived by her fiance Azamat, who does not want to take responsibility for their unborn child. The girl does not know what to do out of desperation, and in order to hide her shame, Madina is forced to give her baby to the childless spouses in the neighborhood, Zaurbek and Vika. The foster parents turned out to be very kind and loving parents to Alan, who became everything to them. It seemed that nothing could interfere with their happiness, but then, six years later, their mother appeared and wanted to see her son...
Mother's Voice
2010
2.0Story of Jamal, a Turkmen woman who is left to tend to the farm when her husband goes off to fight in WW2.
Jamal's Tree
1981
2.0Story of Jamal, a Turkmen woman who is left to tend to the farm when her husband goes off to fight in WW2.
Jamal's Tree
1981
NRWhen the storm started, the fishing boats were far out at sea. It would seem to be a common thing, but one fisherman did not return to the shore. Who is to blame for his death? The investigator who arrived is investigating this incident.
Man Overboard
1970
NRSahat, a schoolboy, spends his summer holidays with his grandfather in a mountain village. The boy learns pottery, helps to harvest crops, takes care of a small camel. Here Sahat gets his first work skills, lessons of caring for the surrounding nature.
Sahat's Summer
1976


