
Acting
Otkam Isgandarov
Neftchala, Azerbaijan
Acting credits
NRA crime-detective film by Vusal Mammadov
Istintaq
2023
4.5A Turkish family experiencing financial difficulties travels to Baku to collect an inheritance from Azerbaijan. The two families spend 10 days together to collect the inheritance. Cultural differences lead to funny misunderstandings. In the process, friendships develop and unforgettable moments are experienced.
Misunderstanding
2017
7.0The film takes place in Karabakh, where Baku students come to help build a settlement for refugees. Among them are two young lovers, Tural and Gunel. One night, they witness a failed sabotage attempt by Armenian militants, which Tural manages to record on his video camera. The footage shows explosions, armed extremists, and an unmarked helicopter, becoming key evidence. Realizing this, the enemies decide to eliminate the unwanted witness.
Trap
1990
9.0Local healer embarks on the path of revenge against the Russian Bolsheviks who captured his native village, establishing their own rules there.
The Wizard
2002
1.0The film tells a story about non-democratic and non-legal social events in the country of Azerbaijan.
The Witness
1990
NRThe secretary of the district committee, Firangiz, is cautious and demanding, as well as very harsh and inconsistent. She cannot tolerate not only her compatriots, but even her husband, the researcher Murad, and her entire family.
Firangiz
1975
8.0After the story of same name of Ilyas Afandiyev. The film is about two young people's love.
Only You
1986
NROne of the main characters, a professional fraudster, Nasrulla Sheykhov cannot be satisfied with the petty frauds he commits in the city. Greed for money makes him do even worse things. Going to a village, he promises to solve the social problems of the people there, so that later he can implement his cunning idea. After seeing the improvement in the village, all of Nasrullah's plans are in vain. Despite this, the fraudster does not stand still and resorts to an even more disgusting trick. That's where the real adventure begins...
The Dead: 21st Century
2016
NRNight, crosses, a yellow bus rushes along a deserted highway, the driver is on his last trip, hurrying to his bride. On the way from the sea, a happy couple in love returns. Suddenly, four prisoners appear on their way from the darkness. Rushing past, the driver sees a brutal beating on the side of the road. The screeching of brakes! The doors swing open, the couple is pushed into the bus. The driver is ordered to keep quiet and drive. There are still 10 kilometers to the traffic police post, the guy falls unconscious on the floor, but she still resists...
The Last Flight
1989
NRThe film is about frontier-guards who averts the diversion in hydroelectric power station which was built by another state.
The Native Shores
1989
5.5The 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
7.0The film is about commissary Chingiz Ildirim.
Wait for the Signal from the Sea
1986
NRAfter the story of the same name of Akram Aylisli.
Tale of the Lonely Pomegranate Tree
1984
8.0The events in the film take place in one of the modern cities. The editor-in-chief Rustam Agayev (Egit Iskenderov) finds an ancient lamp placed in the jaw. For the talented but poor character Rustam, this lamp shatters the sky. With the help of jinn, the young man suceeds: his play is made on anchor; his girlfriend, Maya (Natalia Tagiyeva), agrees to marry him, and the bar is in the apartment. But Rustam wants to achieve everything. When the jinn throws away his "owner," he unveils the secret: a person must believe in his own power, and there must be a strong desire to create miracles.
The Jinn in Microdistrict
1986
NRAfter the story of the same name of S. Veliyev. It's devoted about life concerns of oil workers and their children.
The Knights of Black Lake
1984
NRThe film is about relations between two generations and about idols of the youth.
Forgive Us
1979
NRThe film is about young village man and about forming his character.
The Man of the House
1978
6.0The movie is based on Azerbaijani folk tale "Malikmammad and the Three Princes".
Painful Roads
1982
5.8Marat meets a girl named Vika in St. Petersburg.The girl wants Marat to take her to Baku. Marat’s love for Vika is growing day by day. The movie is about relations between Marat, Vika and his friend Mikail.
Park
1984