Tofik Shakhverdiyev

Directing

Tofik Shakhverdiyev

Born 1938-09-12 · Baku, USSR [now Azerbaijan]

Tofik Rzakulievich Shahverdiyev (Russian: То́фик Рзакули́евич Шахве́рдиев; born September 12, 1938; Baku) is a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and photographer. He was named Artist of the Russian Federation in 2005, and People's Artist of Azerbaijan in 2018.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

To Italy poster
NR

A rebel and escaped convict manages to hide in a garden after a shootout. There, he is unexpectedly stopped by a lively little girl named Olya, who mistakes him for her uncle. Half the town is searching for that man, but Olya has far more questions than anyone else.

To Italy

1972

Autograph poster
NR

A musical television movie is a concert by the famous Italian singer Loredana Berte.

Autograph

1984

Two People in a New House poster
8.0

Sergey, a radio factory worker, a part-time student, and Nelya, an Intourist guide, got married relatively recently, but are already experiencing a serious family crisis. The first difficulties of life threaten to destroy their marriage. Young spouses have to combine their studies with work, live with their little daughter in a private apartment, and experience financial difficulties. Everyday life began to annoy Nella, but her husband annoys her even more. Sergey is a good man who loves his wife and daughter, but to his wife he seems clumsy, clumsy, too soft and therefore unable to stand up for himself. Volkov, the head of the department where Nelya works, is another matter. The complete opposite of Sergei, on the contrary, he is an enterprising, successful man, a real man and a standard of reliability…

Two People in a New House

1979

About Love poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

About Love

2002

So That People Applaud poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

So That People Applaud

2001

Premonition Of Love poster
9.5

Sergey, a young inventor, dreams of finding the only, most beautiful and unique woman. Time comes and he begins to realize that the one he is looking for exists on her own and independently of his desires. And then the modest, far from beautiful, but charming Lenochka becomes the object of his attention and love.

Premonition Of Love

1982

Premonition Of Love poster
9.5

Sergey, a young inventor, dreams of finding the only, most beautiful and unique woman. Time comes and he begins to realize that the one he is looking for exists on her own and independently of his desires. And then the modest, far from beautiful, but charming Lenochka becomes the object of his attention and love.

Premonition Of Love

1982

Seeing is Believing poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Seeing is Believing

2006

The Spasskaya Tower poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Spasskaya Tower

2015

To the Memory of Antonio Gaudí poster
NR

Dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the brilliant architect.

To the Memory of Antonio Gaudí

2003

In Search of Wahhabits in Mountains of Dagestan poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

In Search of Wahhabits in Mountains of Dagestan

2010

Two Boys Who Don't Drink poster
NR

"Almost everyone in our village drinks," "everyone who lives here is drunk and alcoholic," "they steal all sorts of things, then they sell them, they drink everything." This is how the little residents of the Ivanovo region talk about their village. They talk casually, not seeing anything special in it. No one, neither children nor adults, is surprised that two boys, abandoned by an alcoholic mother, live nearby. The children run the farm themselves, keep goats, and repair the roof. Another thing is strange to the villagers — the boys do not drink or smoke. This is really rare in the Russian countryside.

Two Boys Who Don't Drink

2002

Two Boys Who Don't Drink poster
NR

"Almost everyone in our village drinks," "everyone who lives here is drunk and alcoholic," "they steal all sorts of things, then they sell them, they drink everything." This is how the little residents of the Ivanovo region talk about their village. They talk casually, not seeing anything special in it. No one, neither children nor adults, is surprised that two boys, abandoned by an alcoholic mother, live nearby. The children run the farm themselves, keep goats, and repair the roof. Another thing is strange to the villagers — the boys do not drink or smoke. This is really rare in the Russian countryside.

Two Boys Who Don't Drink

2002

Strong People poster
NR

A film by the famous documentarian Tofik Shakhverdiyev about Valentin Dikul and his patients, strong people, strong in spirit, able to stand on their feet when there was no hope for it after an accident...

Strong People

2020

Italian Lessons poster
NR

A deaf-mute girl, a wheelchair user, does not walk. He cannot speak either Russian or the language of the deaf and dumb. On vacation in Italy, this does not prevent her from easily and cheerfully communicating with hotel employees and guests from different countries. The film is about her and her friend, a little boy who knows why some children are born healthy and others sick.

Italian Lessons

2013

Alexander Naumovich and His Children poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Alexander Naumovich and His Children

2007

Our Whole Life is a Game poster
NR

The author of the film captured director Rimas Tuminas in the process of working on the production of the play "The Queen of Spades" at the Bolshoi Theater in 2017.

Our Whole Life is a Game

2019

Lagich poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Lagich

2014

He Swears a Lot poster
NR

A documentary portrait of the leader of the Leningrad group, musician, poet and foul-mouthed Sergei Shnurov.

He Swears a Lot

2005

He Swears a Lot poster
NR

A documentary portrait of the leader of the Leningrad group, musician, poet and foul-mouthed Sergei Shnurov.

He Swears a Lot

2005

My Friend Yuri Khashchevatsky poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

My Friend Yuri Khashchevatsky

2008

My Friend Dr. Lisa poster
NR

The film is about a doctor, about Dr. Lisa Glinka. About a woman who feeds and treats the outcasts and the homeless, regardless of their nationality and citizenship. She is the only one who does not receive a salary at the Fair Aid Foundation she has organized. There is nothing of the dull employee of the state-owned "mercy service" in her behavior. Dr. Lisa is an energetic, funny and charming person who just loves her job very much. The film won the National Cinematography Award "Nika" as the Best documentary. In addition, the film was awarded the Prize for the best documentary at the Window to Europe Festival (Vyborg).

My Friend Dr. Lisa

2010

The World of the Innocent poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The World of the Innocent

2008

Gymnastics Lesson poster
NR

A documentary film about the honored coach of the RSFSR Vitaly Belyaev.

Gymnastics Lesson

1973