
Acting
Elshan Rustamov
Born 1971-01-22 · Masallı, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
Acting credits
6.5August 1922. An American journalist, Jerry Thompson, travels to the Soviet Union and arrives in Azerbaijan. He visits the settlement of Mardakan in Baku. There, he meets an elderly man at a villa. Thompson can hardly believe what he hears. Standing before him is Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, a once-great oil producer, millionaire, and philanthropist who lost all his wealth after the establishment of Soviet rule. Haji recounts his life story to the guest, a journey that saw him rise from a humble mason to an influential oil industrialist.
Taghiyev: Oil
2024
The film, based on the artistic-documentary aesthetics, is about the fate of three sons of the Javanshir dynasty, who are connected to Karabakh and this corner of Azerbaijan - Mahammad bey Ashiq, who lived in the 18th century, Abdussamad bey Ashiq, who lived in the 19th century, and Khosrov bey Javanshir, who lived in the 20th century. These three personalities, influential poets and public figures of their time, were subjected to persecution and repression during the Russian and Soviet empires.
Romances
2008
NRBarq is a young and talented photographer. One day, when everything in the young man's life is going his way, he has a strange dream and wakes up in a state of excitement. While going to his trusted friend Gunay to talk about his dream, he meets the girl he saw in that dream. Later, this girl, Feza, who appears in front of Barq in various places and enters his dreams. Those around him try to help him as much as they can and to get Barq out of this psychological vortex. After a while, it becomes clear that he really met and knew Feza years ago. Thus, the two reconnect, talk, and this relationship turns into deep love.
Spinoza's God
2025
NRA terrorist act is being prepared against the state of Azerbaijan and its head by the hands of Armenian special bodies. International terrorist Zorik Babayan, who leads the ethnic cleansing operations against Azerbaijanis in Karabakh, receives an assignment from the Armenian state to kill the head of state of Azerbaijan. Despite the operative operations, Zorik Babayan manages to come to Baku. In addition, a group of traitors is trying to prevent the neutralization of the terrorist. General Ali Talibov is assigned to prevent a terrorist attack.
The Selected One
2008
NRThe film depicts a mystical event happening to a family who lived in Aghdam, during the USSR.
Reflection
2015
NRThis historical movie is about the situation of Ganja and Karabakh khanates between Russia and Iran war.
The Fate of the Ruler
2008
6.5Muslim prince Ali and Georgian aristocrat Nino have grown up in the Russian province of Azerbaijan. Their tragic love story sees the outbreak of the First World War and the world’s struggle for Baku’s oil. Ultimately they must choose to fight for their country’s independence or for each other.
Ali and Nino
2016
NRIn the autumn of 1888, Baku is preparing for the visit of His Majesty Alexander III. Millionaire and member of the Baku City Duma, Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, is fighting for influence and status in society. The city mayor, Orlovsky, taking advantage of his position, seeks to seize the oil field of Teymurbekov, who has committed suicide. Meanwhile, Ismail, the eldest son of Haji, meets General’s daughter, Nurjahan Arablinskaya, and intends to marry her.
Taghiyev: The Tsar
2025
NRShot during the Nagorno-Karabakh War, "Fəryad" is only one of its kind. Following the Khojaly Massacre, Ismayil, an officer tasked with collecting the bodies, crosses enemy lines to avenge the brutal murder of a local schoolgirl. There he gets captured by Armenians and waits for the day to be exchanged for an enemy POW.
The Scream
1993
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Etiraf
1992
NRThe film is about People's Artist, actor, and director Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh.
Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh. The Final Monologue
2023
The events coincide with the last day of the year. Vagif, who retired a few years ago, returns from playing chess with his former deputy, who is also a recluse, and picks up a woman he knows from afar in his car. From the phone calls they receive on the way, it becomes clear that the passenger's son, just like Vagif's daughter, lives abroad with his family. During the conversation, it also becomes clear that this woman is Nigar, Vagif's former classmate with whom he studied for half a year and his first love, to whom he never had the chance to confess his love. Both of them are now widows. The day, which continues with surprise meetings, ends with both of them attending the New Year's celebration with other former classmates and their grandchildren Banuchichek and Beyrak, who came from abroad to spend the holiday with them.
Brand New Year
2024
NRThe hero, who wants to volunteer to help with his neighbor's funeral, is unexpectedly confronted with the most shocking truth of his life - the deceased is his close relative. During the days he spends in cemeteries, the hero meets various people, witnesses their painful and touching stories. These acquaintances change his worldview, but at the same time they drag him into an increasingly hopeless situation.
The Naked
2023
6.7The film is about a young woman nursing her father, when things don't go to plan.
Strange Time
1996
7.0After the collapse of the Soviet power in the 90s, a chemist scientist in one of Azerbaijan's scientific research institutes obtains a new solution. The scientist examines the positive and negative consequences of the chemical solution. With its help, a certain part of a person's memory can be erased and used in negative activities. At the same time, it can protect people from drug addiction and alcoholism. But the results are not as expected.
Additional Effect
2010
NRThe film tells the story of events that occur simultaneously in a nursing home and an orphanage that are located next to each other, and the tragedy of heartbroken people - parents abandoned by their children and children abandoned by their parents.
A Silent Cry
2023
NRAugust 1922. Jerry Thompson, filled with respect, prepares to hear Haji’s story. May 1901. Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev works on opening the first school for Muslim girls in Baku, with support from his wife Sona. Cleric Akhund Abu Ziyad opposes the idea, sparking public debate. Reformers — Hasan bey Zardabi, Alimardan bey Topchibashev, Ahmed bey Agaev, and progressive clergy led by Mirza Abuturab — support education. The conflict escalates to attacks on teachers. Haji changes strategy and sends a representative abroad. He returns with approvals from major Islamic centers, confirming girls’ right to education. Victory is Haji’s. In October 1901, the school opens.
Taghiyev: School
2026
NRPeople often realize the value of those they love only after losing them. By then, it is too late. Khayal never thought about it that way either. Now, as he approaches his fifth wedding anniversary, the young doctor is so devoted to his profession that he thinks only about his success at work. He even forgets their wedding anniversary. His wife, Gunay, a young singer-songwriter, has always longed for his love and attention, but by now she has grown accustomed to his forgetfulness…
Just Love
2016
4.0An Azerbaijanian veteran of battle for Brest fortress takes gun again 50 years later - to defend Nagorny Karabakh from Armenians.
Incomplete Memories
2015
NRThe film is based on Jafar Jabbarli's play "Aydin".
Believe in the Morning
2010
6.0Unable to find a cure for her illness, Leyla's father and mother take her to the hospital in Umbaki and forget about her once and for all. For Leyla, life begins with the arrival of student Eldar for an internship at this hospital.
The Sentenced
2007
NRThere are issues of spirituality, morality, love and loyalty in the center of the dramatic story that took place in one of the villages around Baku.
Death Queue
2009
NRDedicated to the 200th anniversary of the birth of Mirza Gadim Iravani, an Azerbaijani portraitist and ornamentalist painter, the founder of easel painting - his life and work, as well as the historical and cultural heritage of the ancient city of Yerevan.
Cənnət yuxusu
2025
NRIn 1989, Yavar, who was serving a sentence in one of the remote prisons of the Soviet Union, returned to his native land, Karabakh - to the village of Yukhari Veysalli in the Fuzuli region. But everything has changed here, and the massacre of peaceful Azerbaijanis by Armenian militants has resulted in the deployment of Soviet peacekeepers in the region. Moreover, there is no news of Garatel, whom Yavar has loved for years and whom he was preparing to marry. Yavar, who takes on the defense of Yukhari Veysalli and the surrounding villages, gathers fighters around him. But when he comes face to face with Alexander Rokhlin, who leads the Soviet peacekeepers, he is astonished and is faced with a choice.
Son nəfəsədək
2018