Vagif Mustafayev

Directing

Vagif Mustafayev

Born 1953-08-28 · Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR

Vagif Mustafayev is an Azerbaijani film director, producer and screenwriter. Since 2006 he has been the president of the Space TV and Radio Company.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

The Kidnapping of Groom poster
6.3

Being unable to shoot a film about Azerbaijani wedding customs, hopeless director decide to make a film about real wedding event. Though the stubborn father of bride resists approval the plan.

The Kidnapping of Groom

1985

National Bomb poster
8.5

In capital city Baku, eminent editor Yusef Abranov and director Mehmet are determined to get their latest movie made by any means necessary, after being shut down by the bankrupt national studio. Following various schemes, the only way left to raise the cash is to marry off Yusef’s son to the daughter of the rich guy who’s bought Yusef’s bizarre, mirror-filled house.

National Bomb

2004

National Bomb poster
8.5

In capital city Baku, eminent editor Yusef Abranov and director Mehmet are determined to get their latest movie made by any means necessary, after being shut down by the bankrupt national studio. Following various schemes, the only way left to raise the cash is to marry off Yusef’s son to the daughter of the rich guy who’s bought Yusef’s bizarre, mirror-filled house.

National Bomb

2004

The Frenchman poster
NR

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.

The Frenchman

1995

The Frenchman poster
NR

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.

The Frenchman

1995

The Scream poster
NR

Shot during the Nagorno-Karabakh War, "Fəryad" is only one of its kind. Following the Khojaly Massacre, Ismayil, an officer tasked with collecting the bodies, crosses enemy lines to avenge the brutal murder of a local schoolgirl. There he gets captured by Armenians and waits for the day to be exchanged for an enemy POW.

The Scream

1993

Music with Xash poster
NR

'Xaş' is a traditional dish. According to custom and tradition, 'Xaş' is eaten between 4 and 5 in the morning. In the film, it is said that people, weary from the pains of life and the exhaustion of work, live more interestingly during the two hours between night and morning, while eating 'Xaş', than during the rest of their lives. Afterward, they are overcome by sweet sleep, and the entire city, the entire republic, falls into slumber. Upon waking, the mundane routine of daily life embraces them once again

Music with Xash

1984

Music with Xash poster
NR

'Xaş' is a traditional dish. According to custom and tradition, 'Xaş' is eaten between 4 and 5 in the morning. In the film, it is said that people, weary from the pains of life and the exhaustion of work, live more interestingly during the two hours between night and morning, while eating 'Xaş', than during the rest of their lives. Afterward, they are overcome by sweet sleep, and the entire city, the entire republic, falls into slumber. Upon waking, the mundane routine of daily life embraces them once again

Music with Xash

1984

The Scoundrel poster
5.9

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 Scoundrel

1989

The Scoundrel poster
5.9

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 Scoundrel

1989

All For The Best poster
8.0

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 citizen of Baku.

All For The Best

1997

All For The Best poster
8.0

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 citizen of Baku.

All For The Best

1997

"Yapon" və yaponiyalı poster
NR

1944, Japan. One of the kamikazes, by misfortune, survives. When he jumps with a parachute, he lands in Nardaran — right in the house of Gulbala, who is nicknamed “the Japanese.” When the representative of the State Security Committee learns of this unusual incident, he intervenes, saying: “This matter is under Stalin’s control; we must keep the Japanese alive,” and begins the operation. From then on, the funny stories continue.

"Yapon" və yaponiyalı

1990

No artwork available
7.0

This story is about a person who dosen’t have a life of his own, but lives the life of others. His own individuality is lost, making him a misfit.

Nakas

1991

No artwork available
7.0

This story is about a person who dosen’t have a life of his own, but lives the life of others. His own individuality is lost, making him a misfit.

Nakas

1991

Nickname "Ika" poster
1.0

A film about time and timelessness, about personality and facelessness, about the need for change and the desire to get used to what is - The drama of a man whose fate was predetermined at the moment of birth. "Chekist orphan" - he was obliged to go through his terrible path and could not go through it. He became what he became - a KGB colonel.

Nickname "Ika"

1997

Fikrət Əmirov poster
NR

A film about Fikrət Əmirov.

Fikrət Əmirov

2022

It Must Be So poster
NR

On one of the dull ordinary days of people’s lives, the heroes of the film search for and find a way out of the situation. How does this happen?

It Must Be So

1982

It Must Be So poster
NR

On one of the dull ordinary days of people’s lives, the heroes of the film search for and find a way out of the situation. How does this happen?

It Must Be So

1982

Life Seems to Be Beautiful poster
NR

Sequel to Fəryad (1993). The film tells the story of Azerbaijani victory in the 44-day Patriotic War for the lands of Karabakh, which the Armenian invaders had occupied for nearly 30 years.

Life Seems to Be Beautiful

2022

Life Seems to Be Beautiful poster
NR

Sequel to Fəryad (1993). The film tells the story of Azerbaijani victory in the 44-day Patriotic War for the lands of Karabakh, which the Armenian invaders had occupied for nearly 30 years.

Life Seems to Be Beautiful

2022

No artwork available
NR

A young man imprisoned because of a love relationship meets Molla Nasreddin in prison. Molla Nasreddin teaches him lessons about life, spirituality, and wisdom, inspiring him through his stories. In the end, the young man decides to create a statue of this wise figure.

Nasreddin Hodja

No artwork available
NR

A young man imprisoned because of a love relationship meets Molla Nasreddin in prison. Molla Nasreddin teaches him lessons about life, spirituality, and wisdom, inspiring him through his stories. In the end, the young man decides to create a statue of this wise figure.

Nasreddin Hodja