
Acting
Shukur Burkhanov
Born 1910-09-15 · Tashkent, USSR [now Uzbekistan]
Acting credits
5.1Paralyzed since birth, Ilya can only watch helplessly as his village is plundered by barbarians. But when a mysterious traveler arrives with a magic elixir that restores him to full health, Ilya begins an adventure to protect the village and the royal family from harm.
Ilya Muromets
1956
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Star of Ulugbek
1965
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Storm over Asia
1965
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Towards Conscience
1966
NRAfter retiring, former Red Army commander Iskhak Sherov returns to Kyzyltash, the town he helped build. Seeking a peaceful life, he becomes embroiled in a conflict between residents wanting a public garden and the mayor, his old comrade Namazov, who opposes it. Sherov ultimately resolves the conflict in favor of the townspeople.
The Return of the Commander
1969
NRThe concert film is a gift from Uzbek art masters to Uzbek soldiers fighting on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War.
A Gift From the Motherland
1943
7.0Based on the play of the same name by the Uzbek poet, playwright, and composer Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi. Exposing the feudal way of life, the wealthy landowners (bais), the clergy, and Tsarist officials, the film depicts the awakening of class consciousness among working Uzbeks.
Bai and Farmhand
1954
9.0Uzbek young man Rustam, a helicopter co-pilot, is participating in the construction of a high-voltage line in the Alps. One day in West Germany, where he was sent on a long business trip, the hero meets Uzbek emigrants. The external well-being of the new friends very soon revealed the catastrophic nature of everyone’s destinies. These meetings contribute to Rustam’s spiritual and civic maturity; the hero rediscovers the necessity and significance of his homeland, where his family and friends have long been waiting for him.
Meetings and Partings
1973
9.0The Cheka officers are conducting an operation to return the gold that the Basmachi plan to exchange for weapons.
Distant Close Years
1976
8.0The story takes place in Turkestan in the year 1920. Along the narrow and deserted streets of nighttime Bukhara echoes the voice of a watchman: “All is calm in sacred Bukhara!” But how deceptive this calm is! Bukhara is gripped by intense struggle. The last Emir of Bukhara, nicknamed “the Black Consul” for the executions and the blood spilled at his command, is desperately trying to hold on to power.
Death of the Black Consul
1971
Summer of 1941. Mothers and wives of Uzbekistan escort their sons and husbands to the front. They are learning new professions and sending food trucks to the front.
At the Call of the Leader
1941
8.5A Romeo & Juliet-esque tale set in Uzbekistan.
Takhir and Zukhra
1945
NRSurgeon Sahib Niyazi is developing a new method for healing bone fractures, but his first human operation was unsuccessful. His personal issues worsen due to his relationship with Anna, who criticizes his lack of attention and is considering a breakup, as she is being pursued by pilot Gani.
The Road Without Sleep
1947
8.0A musical comedy about the adventures of a few students in Soviet Uzbekistan
Housewarming
1955
7.5A young man Bakhtiyar falls in love with a girl he saw on the TV screen.
Where Are You, My Zulfiya
1964
7.0Comedy movie directed by Latif Faiziyev.
A Titmouse
1961
NRThe famous textile worker Natasha Abrikosova travels from Moscow to Tashkent to introduce the innovative method of the Vinogradovs at a textile mill (E. Vinogradova was the film's technical consultant). However, the director of the plant, Rizaev (a hidden enemy), is trying with all his might to thwart Abrikosova's plan. Having chosen Asal as her assistant, the girl soon achieves a record output and, thereby, provokes Rizaev to an open crime.
Asal
1940
NRAt the center of the action is Kamil Yuldashev, commander of the ChK battalion to combat banditry. He appears before the viewer with a noose around his neck. Even before the revolution, the tribunal of the tsarist Turkestan division sentenced him to death for participating in the rebellion.
Riders of the Revolution
1968
NROld Husan Ata has been waiting for a meeting with his son all through the war, hoping and believing that he is alive. He hasn't received any letters for a year now. Every day, an old man goes to the railway station, where trains arrive from the front, hoping to learn something about his Mansur. One day, a funeral arrives, but the postman Gulyam does not dare to convey this sad news to a friend. The young man Haidarali, who helped Husan Ata in the search, finally seeks to be sent to the front. And then the old man starts receiving letters. The war is over, and the letters are still coming. In them, the son informs that he got married and had a child. A father goes to visit his son in distant Riga. Here he is met by Haidarali and his son Mansur, who has been sending letters all this time to support the old man.
Memory Grove
1982
NRThe film is about the fishing island.
The Golden Goose
1972
8.01876. The Turks murder the parents of the 14-year-old Rali. His only relative is sentenced to life imprisonment in the Asian fortress. Rali walks after the condemned men. After a long and painful road, he reaches the fortress. He finds help from the old man and his daughter. With their assistance, he organizes the escape of the condemned. After numerous adventures the fugitives reaches the motherland. They enlist in a Bulgarian rebel army together with the Russian soldiers of the Russian-Turkish War for the freedom of Bulgaria.
Rali
1978
8.3No synopsis available yet.
Sons of the Fatherland
1969