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- Popularly known by the name of the main character, "Mashadi Ibad" was based on a musical comedy by composer Uzeyir Hajibeyov and written in the early 1900s. The story is based on the age old-theme of a beautiful young woman (Gulnaz) who falls in love with a young man (Sarvar) but is obliged to marry someone else. Gulnaz' father, Rustam bey, is bankrupt. He decides that the only way to pay off his creditors is to get money by marrying off Gulnaz to the rich, old, widowed bazaar merchant, Mashadi Ibad. But Sarvar contrives a way to foil the plan by disguising himself as the bride hidden under the thick Muslim veil. When Mashadi Ibad lifts the veil to see his bride's face, he discovers Sarvar who holds him at gun point and makes him write a statement that he really wants to marry the maid, not Gulnaz. This is where the work gets its title, "If Not This One, Then That One." The strategy works and Sarvar succeeds in marrying Gulnaz.
- Imadaddin Nasimi, well-known throughout the East for his school of philosophy and thought, poems and promotion of moral values in a feudal society.
- The struggle of the people against the shakh (king) who seized all of land and water resources.
- Schoolmates who loved each other, but didn't say it meet again years later.
- The movie is about relations between mother and her daughter-in-law.
- Two best friends shipwreck on an island in the Caspian Sea and fall in love with the same woman while helping the villagers of their new home.
- In XX century young merchant decides to marry. He wants to see the girl before the wedding. And his friend Suleiman helps him in this regard.
- It speaks about time when Azerbaijan was invaded by Russian Bolsheviks in the 1920s and how local landlord resists to obey to new Soviet authorities despite they threats to kill him and his siblings
- A funny adventures of three little brothers.
- When his parents try to marry him to their neighbors' daughter, Ahmad runs away from home and his family try to find him.
- Marat meets a girl named Vika in Leningrad. The girl wants Marat to take her to Baku in Soviet Azerbaijan. Marat's love for Vika is growing day by day. The film centers on the relations between Marat, Vika and his friend Mikhail.
- It is about azerbaijani and uzbek cotton-growers who compete each other. Uzbek girl Lala and Azerbaijani boy Kamil's love is the bottom line of the film.
- A lonely old woman remember her youth, the days when she worked as a prostitute because of the poverty during the Second World War.
- Young Askar wants to get married. He is a rich, successful businessman and has everything he could wish for expert for one thing - a wife. Tradition does not allow him to choose his own bride. But Askar has a modern mentality and wants to choose his bride himself.
- When Yusif comes back home after World War II, he finds his beloved married to another; father robbed; mother living alone; friend suffering from mental illness. Can he turn things around?
- It is an epic movie about an Azerbaijani martyr-hero who revolted against the Arab invasion of the 9th century.
- In the second part of XIX century, middle-aged man struggles against injustice ruling of state ( Russian Char Empire) with his supporters.
- The film tells about the formation of a new intelligentia in Azerbaijan in the 19th century, when secular education comes into the masses and drives them out of village to go to secular seminary in Gori. It also speaks about deeply rooted traditions of honor and dignity and how upper landlord class defends their homeland from Russian invasion
- In second half of XX century a couple of student who had been called " pioneer" in Azerbaijan USSR try to make a opening after repairing in Shah Palace. Indian wizard shows up and gives a rope to pioneers as a gift for reopenning of palace. Processes starts after that.
- During another fun car ride, Farid deciding to amuse his friends, blinded a passerby with headlights. The passerby fell and remained lying motionless. The next day they all decided to disappear from the city.
- The story developed during XX century in Russian empire, Azerbaijan. Two circus actors Rustam and his friend San Sanich travel to a village where Rustam was born after long years of absence, to burry his aunt. After burring his aunt, friends decide to stay in her house for couple of days. A local wealthy inhabitant of the village Farzali bek, is looking for oil, and finds out that the land which now officially owned by Rustam might have some oil repositories. He learns that Rustam is back and wants to take him out, to put his hands on valuable land. A young theater singer Tejmur is in love with Farzali bek's beautiful daughter, Telli, but has nothing to offer to marry her. Yet he decides to speak with her father. While planning to "sell" his daughter to one of other wealthy bek's son, Farzali bek still promises that if Tejmur will kill Rustam, he will let Telli marry him. Rustam and his friend San Sanich defend Tejmur, but after talking to him become friends. They decide to help Tejmur to steal Telli during her wedding. All three of them succeed to steal Telli, but San Sanich is jailed in the result. Other three are able to run away and hide for some time. Farzali bek pays a well known bandit Jafar to kill three friends and haunt back Telli. Eventually, Rustam, Telli and Tejmur are trapped in a tower and under a risk of being burned down alive. Jafar is partial to Tejmur's beautiful voice and therefore, asks him to sing one last time. Meanwhile, San Sanich is escaped from jail, and helps his friends to defend Jafar.
- This film was based on Samad Vurgun's "Komsomol poem". Seven sons, like seven samurai become the seven komsomols (communist leaders) who were sent to a village to establish Soviet power. Seven sons become the romanticized images of people's heroes ready to take revenge.
- This films consists of two subject lines. In the first , a man(Ali) prepares to organize a birthday party for his little son. So during the birthday (daytime) he works hard to buy as many products as possible in order to make the birthday party amazing (in the evening). As he gets tired he fell asleep during the party which is the culmination point of the movie. In the second a man (Mustafa) comes to captital city(Baku) from the rural with his friend for business purposes and is quite naive. He meets a woman there by accident and he likes her so he asks her for her help in order to get acquainted with the city and the woman accepts. She shows the city to him and in the evening as it was raining , she brings Mustafa to her house but she gets afraid of her brother to come to her house and see Mustafa with him so she makes Mustafa leave the house in the night. As Mustafa doesnt know the city well he goes astray and accidentally meets Ali who was standing in the balcony of his house.
- Story about the changes in agriculture, people of modern villages, the struggle for the restoration of democratic methods in the leadership.
- Events are happening in WW2. Jabish is a teacher at primary school. His complaining wife drives him mad about not bribing. Then she makes him to cook a soap for making the money. Also other prosesses are shown on the course of the war.
- While there is famine during WW2, a boy with mom far away, tries to stay strong.
- A movie about the greatest Azerbaijani poet and philosopher who lived at the turn of the XIII century.
- The animation was based on motives of Azerbaijani legend.
- The film Sevil is based on a play by Azerbaijani playwright Jafar Jabbarly written in 1928. It focused on the theme of the role of women, their oppression, struggle, ultimately, victory dated.
- After learning that his daughter is in love with a truck driver, corrupt Housing Office director tries to make use of his service in a last smuggle operation, then break his promise and marry her to someone else. This comedy is mainly about the dark sides of the Soviet bureucracy.
- The film is about the stepmother who tried to be a real mother of a boy. But she could be a real mother only after some difficult events for her and child
- Being unable to shoot a film about Azerbaijani wedding customs, hopeless director decide to make a film about real wedding event. Though the stubborn father of bride resists approval the plan.
- Amusing adventures of star pilot Ijon Tichy on planet Interopia where he hunts a giant animal called Squamp. Adapted from Stanislaw Lem's story from his Star Diaries series.
- Everybody convinces Bakhtiar Muradov, who has a beautiful voice, to go to the conservatory. But the young man decides to become an oilman, like his father. And he realizes his intention becomes a drilling master. Favorite girl Bakhtiar, Sasha Verkhovskaya, leaves for Moscow to study in the geological survey institute. Together with her rival and rival Bakhtiyar fat Yusuf, going to devote himself to the trade business. At this time in the club of oil workers agile businessman Aga-Bala arranges a series of performances by Bakhtiar Muradov.
- About the participation of Baku workers in the 1905 revolution.
- Docu-drama about political and military conflict during the Russian Civil War in 1918, from an orthodox pro-Communist viewpoint.
- The film tells about the pure love between two young lovers, as well as the connection of science to life, the struggle of the leading intellectuals of the village against those who have nothing to do with science, officials.
- Too old grandpa is being celebity by news maker who came from centre. But then he recollected something weird things about his missus .