Aga-Rza Kuliyev

Directing

Aga-Rza Kuliyev

Born 1898-12-22 · Lankaran, Lankaranskiy uezd, Bakinskaya guberniya, Russian Empire

Acting credits

The Owl poster
1.0

The film is about the class struggle in the village between the various strata of society on the eve of Soviet powerformation.

The Owl

1924

Gilan's Daughter poster
5.0

This drama is about Gilan's downfall in 1920th under onslaught of Iran's shah & English army.

Gilan's Daughter

1928

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The First Komsomol Oil Well

1931

Sevil poster
NR

The film takes place in Baku in 1918-19 and then several years later. The film is based on the opera of the same name by Fikret Amirov. Sevil became the first film opera in the history of Azerbaijani cinema.

Sevil

1970

The Thirteen poster
5.4

The film tells about a band of demobilized Red Army men and two civilians who cross a Middle Asian desert. They are forced to do battle with superior forces of Basmachi rebels for the dry draw-well.

The Thirteen

1937

Why do You Remain Silent? poster
NR

Rasim, a young mechanic, meets Surayya and falls in love with her. But he is dragged into Shirmammad's wrongdoings; Shirmammad is Surayya's father and the leader of a gang of poachers. Realising his fault, Rasim tries to convince Surayya to stop trafficking in stolen fish. After a long period of reflection, Rasim becomes aware that he cannot go against his conscience, even for love's sake.

Why do You Remain Silent?

1966

People without Hands poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

People without Hands

1932

Meeting poster
8.5

Komsomol member Mansume Musaeva graduates from university and goes to work in the oil industry in Baku with her husband. The couple engage in cultural and educational work among the backward population, especially among women. They are opposed by old oil workers. At the same time, Efendiev, the head of the militia, approaches Mansume and tries to win her heart. Efendiev tries to subdue the woman by force. During the fight, the woman recognizes in him the commander of the punitive detachment, the Musavat officer who killed her father and burned down the village. The Shinsakhkom organs intervene in the case. In order to save himself, Efendiev sets fire to the oil tower, but he himself dies in the fire.

Meeting

1930

No artwork available
NR

After the novel of the same name of B.Bayramov. The film is about life during war, about postwoman.

I wasn't Beautiful then

1968

Behind the camera