Eldar Quliyev

Directing

Eldar Quliyev

Born 1941-01-18 · Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Once Upon a Time poster
NR

After the story of the same name of S. Gadirzadeh "Autumnal leaves". The film is about old man and old woman and their sudden meeting.

Once Upon a Time

1967

Once Upon a Time poster
NR

After the story of the same name of S. Gadirzadeh "Autumnal leaves". The film is about old man and old woman and their sudden meeting.

Once Upon a Time

1967

Fair Wind poster
8.5

Jan Vacek, a revolutionary of Czech origin, organizes the retreat of communist troops in Baku after the Bolshevik Revolution, following the fall of the local commune...

Fair Wind

1974

The Diversion poster
NR

After fulfilling his duty in Afghan War, Zaur returns to his home Baku. He is trying to clarify the truth when he heard that his father was arrested.

The Diversion

1989

The Diversion poster
NR

After fulfilling his duty in Afghan War, Zaur returns to his home Baku. He is trying to clarify the truth when he heard that his father was arrested.

The Diversion

1989

Hostage poster
5.0

During the late 1980s and early 1990s the Armenian minority in Nagorono-Karabakh attempted to break away from Azerbaijan, one of the former Soviet republics. Overnight these former neighbors became enemies, and simple village folk were suddenly made hostages in a complex power game. One of the Azerbaijani villages right on the border is home to the family of the peasant farmer Kerim, who has just been captured by the Armenians. The village council decides to take an Armenian in order to arrange a hostage exchange. They imprison the wounded man in the barn next to Kerim's house, where his wife and three children desperately await the husband's return. The captive from the other side of the border finds himself in exactly the same situation - he, too, has three children, he finds it hard to scrape a living together, he has never done anything to harm anyone and, like Kerim, he just wants to go back home. But life in Karabakh is far more complex now. Blood calls for blood.

Hostage

2006

Hostage poster
5.0

During the late 1980s and early 1990s the Armenian minority in Nagorono-Karabakh attempted to break away from Azerbaijan, one of the former Soviet republics. Overnight these former neighbors became enemies, and simple village folk were suddenly made hostages in a complex power game. One of the Azerbaijani villages right on the border is home to the family of the peasant farmer Kerim, who has just been captured by the Armenians. The village council decides to take an Armenian in order to arrange a hostage exchange. They imprison the wounded man in the barn next to Kerim's house, where his wife and three children desperately await the husband's return. The captive from the other side of the border finds himself in exactly the same situation - he, too, has three children, he finds it hard to scrape a living together, he has never done anything to harm anyone and, like Kerim, he just wants to go back home. But life in Karabakh is far more complex now. Blood calls for blood.

Hostage

2006

Long Live, Girls poster
7.0

The 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

Legend of Gumushgol poster
8.0

The life of the protagonist of the film, Farid, changes completely after what happened in a mountain village, where a pedestrian escaped from the responsibility, which he thought was dead.

Legend of Gumushgol

1985

Legend of Gumushgol poster
8.0

The life of the protagonist of the film, Farid, changes completely after what happened in a mountain village, where a pedestrian escaped from the responsibility, which he thought was dead.

Legend of Gumushgol

1985

The Dervish's Diary poster
NR

The events took place in the early 19th century on the eve of the fall of the Azerbaijani khanates. The events coincided with the period of the division of Azerbaijan into two.

The Dervish's Diary

2013

The Dervish's Diary poster
NR

The events took place in the early 19th century on the eve of the fall of the Azerbaijani khanates. The events coincided with the period of the division of Azerbaijan into two.

The Dervish's Diary

2013

Babek poster
5.6

It is an epic movie about an Azerbaijani martur-hero who revolted against the Arab invasion of the 7th century.

Babek

1979

Abseron Rhythms poster
8.0

The works of Azerbaijani composers are performed by M. Magomaev, R. Beyrutov, Z. Khanlarova, O. Agaev, F. Kerimova, P. Bül-Bül-oglu, the vocal quartet "Gaya," and the instrumental quartet conducted by R. Babaev. The concert also features the State Song and Dance Ensemble of the Azerbaijan SSR and ballet artists R. Akhundov and V. Pletnev with a number from K. Karaev's ballet "Seven Beauties."

Abseron Rhythms

1970

The Most Important Interview poster
NR

The film tells the story of journalistic morality in an analytical way. In this sense, the journalist must have a clear conscience and morality. He must find the answer to the question: "What is the meaning of life and what have I been able to do for people?" The protagonist of the film, Zaur is a radio journalist. Throughout the plot, he seeks the answer to this question, but finds it difficult to find the answer, and the complex contrasts of life confuse him.

The Most Important Interview

1971

Oh, Heart... Heart poster
NR

The film explores intelligent feelings of harmonious coordination and human problems, as well as psychological issues. The film addresses topical issues of contemporary morality. The protagonist, Murad, has a family and a good job, but on a whim, he suddenly feels compelled to abandon everything. Deep down, he is torn between feelings of love and indifference.

Oh, Heart... Heart

1976

Nizami poster
7.5

The historical film about great Azerbaijan poet and philosopher Nizami Ganjavi's life.

Nizami

1982

Nizami poster
7.5

The historical film about great Azerbaijan poet and philosopher Nizami Ganjavi's life.

Nizami

1982

In a Southern Town poster
4.7

Murad, a young man, lives by the old ethical norms that are still valid in the suburbs of his city. He had promised Tofig, his childhood friend, to give him his sister as a wife, but Tofig is in love with another girl. He forgets the promise and takes the girl home. Murad is offended. According to the code of honor, he must take revenge. One of the first films ever produced in the Soviet Union to challenge the sociopolitical establishment.

In a Southern Town

1969

Whirlpool poster
7.0

After the novel of the same name of M.Suleymanov. The film is about dramatic events between two workers.

Whirlpool

1986

Whirlpool poster
7.0

After the novel of the same name of M.Suleymanov. The film is about dramatic events between two workers.

Whirlpool

1986

The Istanbul Plane poster
NR

The film tells the story of two people, a man and a woman, who are isolated at different poles of our society, where many moral values ​​​​are being eroded. Although one of them is wealthy and the other is poor, they try to forget their loneliness with each other...

The Istanbul Plane

2010

The Istanbul Plane poster
NR

The film tells the story of two people, a man and a woman, who are isolated at different poles of our society, where many moral values ​​​​are being eroded. Although one of them is wealthy and the other is poor, they try to forget their loneliness with each other...

The Istanbul Plane

2010

The Bay of Happiness poster
8.0

The film is about the first oil-well in the world in the world in the 1920th.

The Bay of Happiness

1978