Mukhtar Maniyev

Acting

Mukhtar Maniyev

Born 1935-04-04 · Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR

Mukhtar Gambar oghlu Maniyev (Azerbaijani: Muxtar Qəmbər oğlu Maniyev, April 4, 1935 — December 22, 2016) was an Azerbaijani actor, People's Artiste of Azerbaijan (2000). Mukhtar Maniyev was born in 1935 in Baku. After graduating as an engineer at the Petrochemical Institute, he submitted his documents to the Azerbaijan State Institute of Arts and began his second level of education. Mukhtar Maniyev appeared in 157 films. He worked in the theater studio operating under the "Azerbaijanfilm" film studio. On December 22, 2016, Mukhtar Maniyev died from diabetes.

Acting credits

The Joke poster
5.8

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.

The Joke

1990

Koroghlu poster
5.5

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

Koroghlu

1960

I Loved You More than Life poster
8.7

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

I Loved You More than Life

1985

Find That Girl poster
8.0

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

Find That Girl

1970

The Verdict poster
NR

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

The Verdict

1994

The Devil under the Windshield poster
8.3

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

The Devil under the Windshield

1988

Surayya poster
7.0

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 hooliganism. Surya takes the boy to the village to care for him, but then Seifetdin's wife shows up...

Surayya

1987

Wait for Me poster
7.0

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

Wait for Me

1980

Nasimi poster
7.4

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 stage for warring powers and civil wars, Nasimi was the only poet committed to promotion of humanism and moral values inflicting criticism on the ruling system and the society itself. For his intruding role in feudal regimes, Nasimi lived a complex and tragic life.

Nasimi

1974

Boundless Night poster
2.0

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

Boundless Night

1989

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

Fair Wind poster
8.5

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...

Fair Wind

1974

In the Name of the Law poster
1.0

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

In the Name of the Law

1968

Etiraf poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Etiraf

1992

Trap poster
7.0

The film takes place in Karabakh, where Baku students come to help build a settlement for refugees. Among them are two young lovers, Tural and Gunel. One night, they witness a failed sabotage attempt by Armenian militants, which Tural manages to record on his video camera. The footage shows explosions, armed extremists, and an unmarked helicopter, becoming key evidence. Realizing this, the enemies decide to eliminate the unwanted witness.

Trap

1990

Additional Trace poster
8.3

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.

Additional Trace

1981

Bomb poster
NR

Arif, who was sent to a mental hospital by his neighbors, escapes from there and returns to his native neighborhood. However, his neighbor Agharza has taken over his house. In this situation, Arif tries to resolve the issue in his own way, and the true faces of all the neighbors are eventually revealed.

Bomb

2007

The Diversion poster
NR

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 Diversion

1989

One Fine Day poster
8.5

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 sea do not bother him at all. To the music of Bizet, he dreams of Carmen, her exploits, valor and strong love... The hero of the short story “One Fine Day”, a promising researcher, one morning saw a spaceship from his balcony. Do this a little restlessly to his mother-in-law, neighbors, acquaintances, boss and, finally, to a psychiatrist...

One Fine Day

1977

The Witness poster
1.0

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

The Witness

1990

Straight to the Volcano poster
NR

After the novellette of the same name of Mehdi Huseyn.

Straight to the Volcano

1977

Firangiz poster
NR

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.

Firangiz

1975

Diploma Thesis poster
NR

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 away. After all, he can't marry all the models he's working with...

Diploma Thesis

1979

The Engagement Ring poster
5.7

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 Engagement Ring

1991