Baba Annanov

Acting

Baba Annanov

Born 1934-02-20 · Karadamak of the Turkmen SSR, USSR (now - Turkmenistan)

Acting credits

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4.7

During the collectivization of the 1930s a red army soldier is troubled by the affection he feels for the young wife of a "class enemy."

Legend of My Youth

1992

Capture poster
7.2

The corpse of old Bobo Nazir was found in a mountain village after a fire. Major Kasymov in the basement of a burned-out house discovers a chest with jewelry that belonged to the Basmach Rakhimbek. The absence of a priceless battle belt points to the cause of the crime. The detectives go to the jewelry dealers to capture the criminals.

Capture

1982

Fragi - Away from Happiness poster
9.0

Biopic about legendary Turkmen philosopher and poet, Makhtoumkuli, who was also known as Fragi.

Fragi - Away from Happiness

1984

When a Woman Saddles a Horse poster
9.0

Biographical 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

In the Black Sands poster
10.0

There is a civil war in Central Asia. Bai-rapist kills the whole family of a Turkmen young man, the shepherd Chara Esenov. The surviving Chara, avenging the scolded honor of her young sister, single-handedly pursues Shamurad Khan, the head of the local Basmachi gang. Acquaintance with the Red Army soldier clarifies the meaning of the fight to the hero of the film, he adjoins the Red Guard, opposing the Basmachi, and, giving up personal revenge, once leads Shamurad into a detachment for a legal trial ...

In the Black Sands

1973

Mankurt poster
7.0

The 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

Black Caravan poster
9.0

In the center - a story about the collapse of the plans of British imperialism, which sought to tear Turkmenistan away from Soviet Russia and turn it into a colony of the British Empire. About the failure of an experienced British intelligence officer who operated in 1918 on the territory of Turkestan.

Black Caravan

1975

Bitter Berry poster
10.0

Adolescent love troubles set in a beautiful Uzbek mountainside.

Bitter Berry

1975

Color of Gold poster
NR

The end of the 1920s. A young oil engineer, Ovez Emudov, arrives in the Karakum Desert to search for oil. The lack of drinking water, necessary equipment, and workers in the barren steppes, as well as the open sabotage of the trust's employees led by Mukhortov, a staunch enemy of the Soviet government, are all factors that the head of the exploration site must contend with. The film is dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic.

Color of Gold

1974

The Unexpected is Near poster
NR

Crowded alleys of the evening park, music, laughter, festive fireworks. And the two are talking about murder or suicide, about the syringe found in the dead woman's hands, about the time when death occurred. These two are employees of the criminal investigation department. They will have to find criminals in a large, busy business city who stole, cheated, and, if necessary, did not stop at murder, removing unintended witnesses or unreliable accomplices from their path.

The Unexpected is Near

1971

Slave poster
NR

In the 1920s, in Turkmenistan, Qalli-bai makes the difficult decision to join the Basmachi, leaving behind his ailing wife in the care of their daughter, Dzhamal.

Slave

1970

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10.0

Radio journalist Chary Atajanov, working with materials about Karakum sheep farmers, decides to make a reportage — the material itself is interesting and relevant. Considering that it is not necessary to go to the far shepherd's kosh, Chary hurries to finish the article and limit himself only to the material that has accumulated recently. However, the director of the local state farm, Kosaev, appears on the radio and, after a brief argument, takes Atajanov to the scene of the events...

The Karakum Report

1986

Morning Riders poster
NR

The film covers the period from 1903 to the mid-1920s. In the center of the epic narrative is the story of the difficult love of the poor Berda and the daughter of the shepherd Uzuk, who will be freed and made happy by the revolution.

Morning Riders

1982

The Road of the Burning Van poster
9.0

...Komsomol member Begench, who served in the army, and his fellow villager Vellek, whom they met in the city, return to the village. The kulaks, led by Kuiki and his son Cherkez, run everything in the village. They are turning people against the collective farm, sabotaging the sowing campaign. The Basmachi kill the chairman of the collective farm. Residents of the village rise up to fight. In the battle with the Basmachi, many of them die. Nevertheless, the supporters of the collective farm system are victorious and go out into the field in the spring.

The Road of the Burning Van

1967

Zohre and Tahir poster
NR

An Eastern shah and his vizier have no heirs. One day, they go hunting, intending to shoot a roe deer. At the last moment, the vizier notices that the doe was about to give birth, and the shah decides to spare the animal. That same night, the shah and the vizier have the same dream: it is as if the doe has foretold to them that both would soon have heirs.

Zohre and Tahir

1991

Vows of Our Childhood poster
8.0

Once in an orphanage, nine-year-old Oraz finds a friend in the person of teacher Dovlat. In the hungry post-war years, Dovlat does everything to prevent children from suffering. One day, having caught the cook Izyumgul stealing, he brings trouble upon himself: in order to avoid being put on trial, Izyumgul spreads slanderous rumors about the teacher. Dovlat goes to prison, and the cook becomes the director of the orphanage. Forty years pass, and Oraz is invited to Izyumgul’s anniversary...

Vows of Our Childhood

1989

The Kugitan Tragedy poster
NR

A love story with a tragic ending set in 19th century Turkmenistan

The Kugitan Tragedy

1978

Sahat's Summer poster
NR

Sahat, 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

The Daughter-in-Law poster
5.8

A 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

These Fearless Guys in Racing Cars poster
NR

Four boys and young Aziza live with the dream of building a racing car. They had to work for a whole year. And when, during the first tests, the car caught fire, the kids found the courage to acknowledge their mistakes, listen to the advice of adults, and start all over again...

These Fearless Guys in Racing Cars

1976

Jamal's Tree poster
2.0

Story 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 White Haze poster
NR

Enver 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

The Mystery of the Green Island poster
NR

An adventures of two best friends Murad and Selim in the desert.

The Mystery of the Green Island

1984

We Must Love poster
NR

The film tells about the people who built a full-flowing river in the very heart of the Black Desert — the Karakum Canal, linking the waters of the Amu Darya and the Caspian Sea. Life and work in the desert are far from easy, yet the film focuses not on the harshness of everyday life but on the moral atmosphere within the working collective.

We Must Love

1973

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