Akif Ali

Acting

Akif Ali

Born

1952-02-22 (74)

Place of birth

Shusha, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR

Known for

Acting

Credits

5 titles

Akif Ali oglu Maharramov (Akif Ali) is a Soviet and Azerbaijani writer, philologist, and the head of the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan (1994–2019). Honored journalist, 2nd degree state counselor. Akif Ali oglu was born in Shusha, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR. His father, lawyer Ali Maharramov (1924–1977), worked for many years in the prosecutor's office and the judicial system of the republic, and was also a member of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan. His mother, Shahla Maharramova (1928–2008), was a housewife. Akif Ali graduated from Baku Secondary School No. 16 (1970), Azerbaijan State Institute of Russian Language and Literature named after…

Known for

Sound of the Pipe poster
5.5

The novelette was written by I.Huseynov. In the film, the problem of war is viewed from the perspective of love. Almost all of the men of the village are at the battlefront. The women who stayed in the night and day to support their efforts. Children wake up in the middle of the night, crying for bread. All of the villagers feel anxious for the men to return. Mothers are waiting for their sons; wives, for their husbands and children, for their fathers. When Sayali's husband dies at the front, her husband's friend Jabrayil proposes to her. The people of the village are furious. Jabrayil's brothers leave home, convinced that their family has been disgraced. One brother goesw crazy; the other fall ill and dies. The only person who doesn't blame Jabrayil is the "agsaggal" (the wise old man) of the village - Isfandiyar Kishi. In this film, note single sound of weaponry is heard, not are any battle scenes depicted, yet we still witness the inherent tragedy of war.

Sound of the Pipe

1975

The Stab in the Back poster
5.6

Young inspector investigates a murder in small town.

The Stab in the Back

1979

Brief Encounters in the Long War poster
NR

A poignant reminiscence of the love story between the poet Rustam and the young pilot Gulshod, who tragically died during the Great Patriotic War, heroically performing an aerial ramming maneuver.

Brief Encounters in the Long War

1976

If We're Together poster
NR

The film is about the young people just finishing school.

If We're Together

1975

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

Film credits

1970s · 4 titles