Yashar Nuri

Acting

Yashar Nuri

Born — Died

1951-09-03 — 2012-11-22

Place of birth

Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR

Known for

Acting

Credits

63 titles

Yashar Nuri (Azerbaijani: Yaşar Nuri) was an Azerbaijani film, television and theater actor and a member of the Azerbaijan State Academic Drama Theatre. He appeared in more than fifty Azeri and Soviet era films, as well as more than 100 television and stage roles. On the stage first came out at the age of 11, playing the role of Tapdyga in the play "Whose wedding is this?" At the Azerbaijan State Theater of Musical Comedy. While studying at school, he was a leading child and youth programmer, participated in drama circles. In 1968 he graduated from secondary school No. 173 in Baku and entered the faculty of film acting of the Azerbaijan State Institute of Arts for the course of famous teach…

Known for

Film credits

2000s · 14 titles

The Musicians from Bremen poster
3.0

The classic story about a musicians from Bremen is told in not so classical way.

The Musicians from Bremen

2000

Neighborhood 2 - In Moscow poster
4.3

The block's residents get a message from Tofig who has been hiding in Moscow saying that he is in trouble. They leave for Moscow to rescue him.

Neighborhood 2 - In Moscow

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

Kişiləri qoruyun poster
NR

Orkhan is Jeyran's fiancé. However, one day, after he leaves Jeyran alone with a bear at the zoo and runs away, they have a falling out. Jeyran falls in love with Zaur, who works at the zoo in the guise of a bear. When it comes to marriage, Orkhan decides to take revenge on Zaur and Jeyran on their wedding day. And with the help of his friend, he steals the groom on the wedding day. But in the end, good triumphs over evil.

Kişiləri qoruyun

2006

The Dream poster
5.0

A young man tells the dream he had about running away with the daughter of chief of police to his grandma. People spread and exaggerate rumors as if it was a real story until it reaches to the chief himself.

The Dream

2001

Bəyaz həyat poster
NR

The film tells the story of the love affair between the son of the secretary of state, Riyad, and the simple woman, Nigar, and their steadfast overcoming of a number of difficulties they encounter in return.

Bəyaz həyat

2003

Neighborhood poster
7.0

A funny story happens to a block's residents. Everything begins when Tofig comes back from soldiering. Mommy wants to marry off his only son. His future father-in-law is a professor. But this professor is not like others.

Neighborhood

2003

No artwork available
NR

Mehriban's family is against their marriage. After a long struggle, the desperate couple decides to flee to Turkey together. After living in Turkey for a while, they return to Baku with one last hope. However, Mehriban's mother Malahat separates them again, and Sarkhan is beaten. Living in a psychological abyss, Sarkhan leaves the country and goes to work in Russia. After working for a year and a half, when he returns home, he receives news of Mehriban's death and decides to raise his daughter, who was left to him by Mehriban, on his own...

Acılar bitməz

2009

Salur Qazanın evi talandığı boy poster
NR

The second of the series of films "Dede Qorqud Oguznameli".

Salur Qazanın evi talandığı boy

2001

Obituary poster
NR

The film follows the news of the illness of the institute's department head, Professor Abdulla, spreading throughout the institute with lightning speed. Shamil, who hears from Dr. Mamish that his condition is absolutely critical, begins to prepare an obituary for Professor Abdulla, and even appeals to other officials to have himself appointed to his position.

Obituary

2001

Invitation poster
NR

Jafar, a bank employee who receives invitations to five weddings and is looking at his salary, is left in a desperate situation. The only reason is money again. Finally, an earthquake saves Jafar from these weddings. The film criticizes our unnecessary customs and traditions at weddings and funerals. Also, while watching the film, the proverb "Extend your leg according to your blanket" comes to mind.

Invitation

2003

Məşədi İbad 94 poster
4.0

Set in 1994 Baku, the film modernizes Üzeyir Hacıbəyov’s musical comedy "O olmasın, bu olsun" by recasting Rustam Bey as an opposition figure who hopes to reclaim his lost office by courting wealthy businessman Ibka’s family. As in the original, a series of comic deceptions and mismatched identities ensue, though all the principal characters have been updated to fit the post-Soviet Azerbaijani context.

Məşədi İbad 94

2005

Kitabi Dada Gorgud. Basat and Tepagoz poster
NR

Aruz, who lost his son during migration, one day finds a strange creature with one eye on his head, brings him to the village and raises him as his own cub. Years pass, Aruz finds his missing son, and Grandpa Gorgud names him Basat. Tepegoz, who has already grown up and finished painting, starts eating people one day. When the people found out about this, they kicked Tepagöz out of the village. After Tepagoz's mother, the fairy, bathed him in the lake of Kir, he is no longer affected by weapons, and Tepagoz made a condition in front of the people that they should bring one man and 500 sheep every day. If not, he will raze the whole place to the ground. Seeing that Oban is in such a difficult situation, Dede Gorgud says, "Basat is the only solution." As a result of the dream he saw, Basat, who returned from his trip incomplete, tricks Tepegoz and defeats him and saves the people from trouble.

Kitabi Dada Gorgud. Basat and Tepagoz

2003

Be Human! poster
4.0

Mrs. Leyli intends to marry a younger person. But since that person is already married and hides it at the first meeting, their love does not happen.

Be Human!

2005

1990s · 15 titles

Beast poster
10.0

While looking for a job, a group of people end up in a private residence where they are forced to become dogs.

Beast

1994

The Formers poster
NR

The events take place in and around the families of former officials. Thus, when the former minister, the former chief, the former manager get drunk, they first fall into a sea of ​​grief, then forget that they have lost their positions, in short, a situation arises that cannot be avoided by ridicule.

The Formers

1999

Hungry Fellows poster
NR

The events and conversations that took place in Uncle Hasan's canteen at the beginning of the last century bring to life the color of the era. Uncle Hasan and his waiter, Zarbali, become victims of the tricks of the "hungry guys" who come here. The guys, who enter the canteen hungry, trick him into not paying for the food after eating.

Hungry Fellows

1993

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

No artwork available
NR

The teacher, who has the idea of ​​getting married, cannot fulfill his wish due to poverty. In the end, he decides to make a belt from Soviet flags and earn money.

Thank You

1998

The Basement poster
NR

After many years of effort and patience, she failed to save her family. She watched with pain as her husband, an architect by training, was ruining his life with idleness and melancholy. Unable to bear the boredom of life together, she leaves home...

The Basement

1990

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 Poet poster
7.5

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 covered Vahid. They tried to create a generalized artistic image using some of the master poet's masterpieces from his difficult life.

The Poet

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

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

Execution Day poster
4.0

After the novel of the same name of Yusif Samadoghlu. The film is about three intervals in time: the distant past, yesterday and today, about innocent victims, about repression, and conquest of different countries.

Execution Day

1990

My White City poster
NR

The movie reflects the ecological environment of Sumgayit. After the collapse of the Soviet power, the old problems of the "new era" still persist. Although it is not mentioned in the movie, the new generation of people living in this city, which is named as Sumgayit, especially near poisonous plants, are born crippled and sick. There is a wide range of symbolic expressions in the film and there are interesting dream scenes.

My White City

1994

Part-time poster
NR

Due to the difficult financial situation in the circus, magician Zaman is demoted to a part-time role, while his beautiful assistant Atlaz is laid off. To show the circus director the difficulty of being a part-timer for a day, Zaman uses a magic trick to "divide" him in two.

Part-time

1995

The Window poster
6.0

The film reveals the contradictions between the "educating" teachers and the "educated" students in the school, which is actually an orphanage and a boarding school, where lawlessness, violence, hypocrisy, and cruelty prevail. Forced to live in such contradictory conditions, but unable to adapt to these conditions, little Ahsan, who misses his native home, finds the only way out - he perishes by throwing himself out of the window. The film was shot on the basis of the motifs of Isi Malikzade's story "Nowruz Holiday of Wanderers".

The Window

1991

No artwork available
NR

It tells the story of a writer who lost his inspiration to write after becoming involved in politics, and only after several stages of inner and moral purification did he find the strength to pick up his pen again.

I Will Burn in the Fire of Purification

1991

1980s · 21 titles

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

If Neighbors Were Neighbors... poster
NR

The film tells about the cold relations between neighbors. However, an old woman who enters this building seems to melt this cold ice. The neighbors begin to get to know each other.

If Neighbors Were Neighbors...

1989

Wait for the Signal from the Sea poster
7.0

The film is about commissary Chingiz Ildirim.

Wait for the Signal from the Sea

1986

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

The Man with Green Glasses poster
NR

The postman delivers a package with a dragon's head to Kazim who watches Alfred Hitchcock's films, to Zahra who reads fortunes with a computer, to Gariba who makes toys, to director Jahangir, to police chief Seifullah, and calls each of them to come to the address mentioned in the letter with the dragon's head. Those who arrive at the address called along with the dragon's head realize that the "postman", is actually their relative, who has gathered together guests who have not seen each other for a long time.

The Man with Green Glasses

1987

Yellow Leaves in Summer poster
8.5

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.

Yellow Leaves in Summer

1986

Kökdən düşmüş piano poster
NR

The movie is based on the unfortunate fate of the piano tuner Gahraman. Seeing the warm family atmosphere in the house where he comes to tune the piano, Gahraman inevitably remembers his own broken family and shares his sorrow with the hosts Güler and Nariman.

Kökdən düşmüş piano

1982

Unaware to you poster
NR

In this play, the barrier between Elchin and Gulnar grows even stronger. The tragic changes in Gulnar’s life lead her to leave her job. Elchin’s wife, Sarvinaz, finally realizes that Elchin is still in love with Gulnar, and therefore decides to separate from him. Now independent, Elchin immediately heads to the railway station to follow Gulnar, who wants to leave the city…

Unaware to you

1985

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 Window of Sadness poster
5.2

Film about growing up in a small village in Azerbaijan.

The Window of Sadness

1986

Autumn Leaves of Summer Days poster
NR

The events of the film take place in a remote mountain village. The film touches on an eternal theme - the problem of fathers and sons. It talks about the formation and maturation of the consciousness of adolescents under the dictates of the elders.

Autumn Leaves of Summer Days

1986

Uzeyir's Life poster
5.2

The historical film about Azerbaijan composer Uzeyir Hadjibeyov's life.

Uzeyir's Life

1981

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

Evləri köndələn yar poster
NR

In the film-play, events get tangled as a result of the lovers' miscommunication. Although the dramaturgical contradictions of the work are formed by various attitudes towards folk customs such as engagement and wedding, the play focuses on the contradictions of the characters, not the events.

Evləri köndələn yar

1982

Tale of the Lonely Pomegranate Tree poster
NR

After the story of the same name of Akram Aylisli.

Tale of the Lonely Pomegranate Tree

1984

Painful Roads poster
6.0

The movie is based on Azerbaijani folk tale "Malikmammad and the Three Princes".

Painful Roads

1982

In the Train poster
NR

The events take place in the train. Some passengers show great respect for Mr. Dadashov, but who is Mr. Dadashov?

In the Train

1981

Here And There poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Here And There

1987

The Devil under the Windshield poster
8.2

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

The Devil under the Windshield

1988

Magic Lantern poster
NR

Nazim, a visionary and a dreamer, accidentally finds himself in a cave, where he meets an old woman who has seven sons. Nazim lied to them that he was an excellent student at school and they decided to check him out. And no matter what the boy did, no matter what he said, the "magic lantern" pointed out all his lies…

Magic Lantern

1987

Bağışla poster
NR

Elchin's appointment as the deputy director of the institute causes events to be controlled mechanically and by invisible forces, presenting the character of Vasif, who was mentioned only in name in the first part, in a new context. Returning to the institute, Elchin meets Gulnar again, and rumors are intertwined again.

Bağışla

1983

1970s · 8 titles

The Birthday Party poster
5.1

This lyrical psychological film is about true friendship. The characters in the film are contemporaries in of late 1970s Azerbaijan SSR with differing visions of the world, yet sharing true and lasting friendship.

The Birthday Party

1977

The Lion Ran Away from the House poster
5.5

A musical fairy tale about a lion who got bored living in the zoo and goes wandering around the city of Baku, where he met and became friends with a boy Rustam.

The Lion Ran Away from the House

1977

In the Fire poster
10.0

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

In the Fire

1978

Mesozoic Story poster
3.7

After the novelette of the same name of Magsud Ibrahimbeyov.

Mesozoic Story

1976

Four Sundays poster
NR

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.

Four Sundays

1974

When the Owl Flies poster
NR

After the novelette of the same name of M.Ibrahimbeyov. Tahir is twelwe. His parents are seperating and he is troubled by incident which impels his guestion the nature of relations between men and women.

When the Owl Flies

1978

The Unfinished Song poster
NR

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.

The Unfinished Song

1979

Men poster
NR

Film is about lazy men who don't want to work. Some of them make a living off their wives, while others want to marry businesswomen and achieve a comfortable life. However, these Tufey men are eventually educated and brought back to the right path.

Men

1979

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