Movies by Shahmar Alakbarov
My Seven Sons
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.
I Loved You More than Life
Biopic about general Hazi Aslanov, who died fighting Germans in WW2.
The Winds blow in Baku
The Last Mountain Pass
Based on a novel by Farman Karimzade, the movie shows the life in an Azerbaijani village under the Soviet rule in 1930s. Here two former "beys" (land owners) are opposing each other. One is loyal to the ideology of the past and can't reconcile himself to the new power, to second rejects the past and accepts the power of the Bolsheviks, believing that it will establish justice.
Dağlarda Döyüş
The Life Tests Us
After the novel of the same name of Vidadi Babanli. Rashid, a young man, fails the entrance exam to the Institute and started to live by independent life, about people round him.
The Avenger of Ganjabasar
The film is about the rebellion in Ganja in 1919-1920 at the head of Gatir Mammad.
I wasn't Beautiful then
After the novel of the same name of B.Bayramov. The film is about life during war, about postwoman.
Last Night of Last Year
The film is dedicated to a mother who protects the warmth of her hearth, the peace and well-being of her family.
Firangiz
August is Coming Soon
The Golden Goose
The film is about the fishing island.
Babek
It is an epic movie about an Azerbaijani martur-hero who revolted against the Arab invasion of the 7th century.