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
NRAfter the novelette of the same name of Anar. The film is about an actor's life and work.
Dante's Anniversary
1978
7.0The plot of the film is based on real events that took place in the summer of 1958 on one of the beaches of Absheron, when Tofik Huseynov, a schoolboy from Baku, drowned in the sea while saving drowning children. The film begins before the opening credits: on a deserted beach by the raging sea, a young man, exhausted, pulls drowning girls out of the waves. One, then another, then a third... Then he rushes for the fourth, but drowns with her.
Long Live, Girls
1973
Behind the camera
6.2The 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
4.2In 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
NRThe 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
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
NRAfter the play of the same name of Anar.
The Exam
1987
5.2The historical film about Azerbaijan composer Uzeyir Hadjibeyov's life.
Uzeyir's Life
1981
5.2The historical film about Azerbaijan composer Uzeyir Hadjibeyov's life.
Uzeyir's Life
1981
NRAfter the novelette of the same name of Anar. The film is about an actor's life and work.
Dante's Anniversary
1978
NRAfter the novelette of the same name of Anar. The film is about an actor's life and work.
Dante's Anniversary
1978
5.3Film about growing up in a small village in Azerbaijan.
The Window of Sadness
1986
5.3Film about growing up in a small village in Azerbaijan.
The Window of Sadness
1986
NRThe film is about the replacement of four generation.
The Earth. The Sea. The Fire. The Sky
1967
NRThe second of the series of films "Dede Qorqud Oguznameli".
Salur Qazanın evi talandığı boy
2001
3.4Legend of Azerbaijanian people "Kitabi Dada - Gorgud" is about damatic events, about Dada Gorgud.
Dada Gorgud
1975
NRTells 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
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
6.0The 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
NRA full-length feature television film based on one of the 12 stories of "Dade Gorgud Dastani".
Boghach Khan Son of Dirse Khan
2000
NRIn 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
NRGurbanali 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
