
Acting
Fakhraddin Manafov
Born 1955-08-02 · Stepanakert, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Xankändi, Azerbaijan]
Fakhraddin Manaf oglu Manafov (Azerbaijani: Fəxrəddin Manafov) is an Azerbaijani and Soviet actor. His family moved to Baku when he was around 5. He made his first movie appearance in 1978. In 1980, Manafov graduated from the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts and started working with Azerbaijanfilm. Since 1978 he has been shooting in the films of the film studio "Azerbaijanfilm". He was also filmed in the film studio "Uzbekfilm" and in Russia. Also engaged in scoring. For the role of Ibrahim Khalil Khan in the film "The fate of the Emperor" was awarded the "Zirvia" award (rus: peak). In 2000 he was awarded the title of People's Artist of Azerbaijan. Since 2006, he has been a presidential retiree. In April 24, 2016 Fakraddin Manafov made his debut on the stage of the Azerbaijan State Russian Drama Theater named after Samed Vurgun in Baku, playing in the play "Casanova: Lessons of Love"
Acting credits
8.3A journalist is investigating a group of poachers who are illegally selling the huge amounts of fish
The Devil under the Windshield
1988
NRThis historical movie is about the situation of Ganja and Karabakh khanates between Russia and Iran war.
The Fate of the Ruler
2008
6.5Muslim prince Ali and Georgian aristocrat Nino have grown up in the Russian province of Azerbaijan. Their tragic love story sees the outbreak of the First World War and the world’s struggle for Baku’s oil. Ultimately they must choose to fight for their country’s independence or for each other.
Ali and Nino
2016
6.0This Azerbaijani romantic drama depicts the love affair between Zaur, a man from an affluent family, and Tahmina, a divorced woman doing her best to survive in a conservative society.
Tahmina
1993
5.3Film about growing up in a small village in Azerbaijan.
The Window of Sadness
1986
NR"The Crow" - During the meaningless war years, a new lifestyle emerged in Lebanon : neither capitalist nor socialist. A military lifestyle. A whole generation of Lebanese were born and raised in war climate as a result of their inclination towards death and confusion. This generation does not imagine another life. The sounds of automatic fireworks are mixed with the sounds of folk instruments at every holiday or family celebration.
Meyl
1988
Rena is a victim of rape as a young woman. This trauma becomes a lifelong tragedy for her. Years later, when she meets the man who brought this game upon her, Rena can only talk about what happened to her on a hotline.
Etimad telefonu
2001
7.0Follows the old man who retired, unable to adapt to city life, and his return to the village.
Old Men, Old Men...
1982
NRAt the crossroads of relationships between fathers and children, cities and villages, existing problems are revealed.
Şəhərli Biçinçilər
1986
7.0The story of the conversion of uncultivated lands in one of the Azerbaijani villages into vineyards, the serious structural changes in agriculture that occur as a result, and the emergence of moral and psychological problems. It also discusses the socio-economic problems facing grape growers in our republic.
An Old Ferry
1985
NRThe elderly first-class prosecutor Khalid Aliyarov loses his wife before retirement. For a 65-year-old man, this event becomes a serious life crisis. However, the head of the prosecutor's office asks him to support his colleague Govhar khanum in opening the next criminal incident in order to get him out of this crisis. In connection with the case, the prosecutor's office gives him a car equipped with a Virtual Interlocutor (Viham) with artificial intelligence, and Aliyarov realizes that he is not alone in his loneliness. Despite being a representative of a large, modern virtual world, Viham is also lonely. There is a serious gap between these two generations. Will they be able to find common ground...
Together
2024
5.5A terrible tragedy occurs in the family of a famous general: one of his daughters is killed. The investigator leading the case understands that an outwardly prosperous and friendly family only seems to be pretending to be happy.
Seven Days After the Murder
1992
NRAfter the story of the same name of Rustam Ibrahimbeyov.
Business Trip
1982
4.7A classic and at the same time unrealistic and phantasmagoric love story with betrayal and hatred. A woman's ruthless hatred of her husband suddenly starts to surface in the programs of the TV channel she has co-founded with her husband.
Black & White Nights
2013
NRThe film is about lad who joined the underworld, after coming from Afghan war.
Murder in the Night Train
1990
NRAbout adventures of two schoolboys dreaming to find treasures.
The Chest Found from the Fortress
1982
7.0A few minutes in the life of two people: a young woman who has her whole life in front of her and an old man ill with asthma who has only one more night to live.
Try Not to Breathe
2004
5.0A soldier recently returned home finds it hard to scrape by, and the girl he loved married.
If I Die, Forgive Me
1989
Anthology consists of 5 short films: "Underground Passage", "Clouds", "Path of Light", "Five Minutes", "The Violinist".
Baku Nights
2015
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Create a Dream
1979
7.0The film is about commissary Chingiz Ildirim.
Wait for the Signal from the Sea
1986
7.7The film takes place in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku at the end of the 1980s. At this time, the Soviet Union was starting to fall apart, and with this came the start of a number of ethnic conflicts. Fariz and his family move into a Baku apartment block from war-torn Nagorno-Karabakh. Fariz's relations with his new neighbors are strained by his accusations that it was people like them who failed to support the Azeris in their conflict with ethnic Armenians. The only one who stands up to him is Alik, who acts as peacemaker between him and the older inhabitants of the building. Alik has no reservations about brandishing his gun in order to keep the peace. One day, the apartment managers want to evict a number of musicians who have been squatting in the basement. Alik gets involved, but soon discovers the situation is more complicated that he first believed.
Good Bye, Southern City
2006
The film chronicles the ordeals faced by Azerbaijan’s intellectuals - from the Red Terror to the present day - depicting how, amid shifting social and political upheavals, they endure physical and moral persecution. It also explores human betrayal and the ways people adapt their identities to survive changing circumstances.
Hotel Room
1998
9.0Psychological drama about a university dean who leads a double life.
Another Life
1987