Writing

Anar Rzayev

Born 1938-03-14 · Baku, USSR, [now Azerbaijan]

Anar Rasul oghlu Rzayev (Azerbaijani: Anar Rəsul oğlu Rzayev), known as Anar is Azerbaijani writer, dramatist, film director, and the Chairman of the Writers' Union of Azerbaijan. Anar is primarily a novelist and short-story writer although in the past, he has also authored screenplays and directed films as well as acted in a film.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

The Day Passed poster
6.2

The film is about man and woman who remembered their childhood. The film reflects atmosphere of Baku. It is an adaptation of Anar Rzayev's "Georgian surname" novel.

The Day Passed

1971

The Contact poster
4.2

In search of housing, a student stumbles upon an advertisement for renting an apartment at a very reasonable fee—and promptly agrees with a woman who recently laid her son to rest, complying with all her conditions. The young man settles into the apartment and gradually becomes a witness to inexplicable mystical phenomena.

The Contact

1990

Cavid ömrü poster
NR

The movie describes the last remaining years of the great Azerbaijani poet, Huseyn Javid who was the victim of 1937-1938 USSR repression.

Cavid ömrü

2007

Tahmina poster
6.0

This 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

The Exam poster
NR

After the play of the same name of Anar.

The Exam

1987

Uzeyir's Life poster
5.2

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

Uzeyir's Life

1981

Uzeyir's Life poster
5.2

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

Uzeyir's Life

1981

Dante's Anniversary poster
NR

After the novelette of the same name of Anar. The film is about an actor's life and work.

Dante's Anniversary

1978

Dante's Anniversary poster
NR

After the novelette of the same name of Anar. The film is about an actor's life and work.

Dante's Anniversary

1978

The Window of Sadness poster
5.3

Film about growing up in a small village in Azerbaijan.

The Window of Sadness

1986

The Window of Sadness poster
5.3

Film about growing up in a small village in Azerbaijan.

The Window of Sadness

1986

The Earth. The Sea. The Fire. The Sky poster
NR

The film is about the replacement of four generation.

The Earth. The Sea. The Fire. The Sky

1967

Salur Qazanın evi talandığı boy poster
NR

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

Salur Qazanın evi talandığı boy

2001

Dada Gorgud poster
3.4

Legend of Azerbaijanian people "Kitabi Dada - Gorgud" is about damatic events, about Dada Gorgud.

Dada Gorgud

1975

Ambassador of the Dawn poster
NR

Tells the story of the life and multifaceted heritage of Mirza Fatali Akhundzadeh , the founder of Azerbaijani drama, a great public figure, who left an indelible mark on the history of Azerbaijani and Middle Eastern literature . The film depicts three periods of the playwright's life - childhood, youth and old age.

Ambassador of the Dawn

2012

No artwork available
NR

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

Last Night of Last Year poster
6.0

The film is dedicated to a mother who protects the warmth of her hearth, the peace and well-being of her family.

Last Night of Last Year

1983

Boghach Khan Son of Dirse Khan poster
NR

A full-length feature television film based on one of the 12 stories of "Dade Gorgud Dastani".

Boghach Khan Son of Dirse Khan

2000

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

Nigarançılıq poster
NR

Gurbanali Bey is a slave of the officials of Tsarist Russia. If they say die, he dies, if they say stay, he stays. After Gurbanali Bey gets drunk at a party, he invites all the guests to his house, but they say that a drunkard has no memory. The Bey, who forgets this, falls into a bad situation and is disgraced...

Nigarançılıq

1998