In the Name of God

Religiously themed early Soviet propaganda film in Azerbaijan against Islam. Unlike earlier propaganda films in the region, this was actually made by an (nearly) all Azeri cast and crew and directed by an Azeri filmmaker that would go on to be famous amongst his own people, despite his early collusion with the new ruling government. At the center of the film is a greed Molla (holy man in Azeri Islam) who has been cheating one of the local peasants for years out of all types of goods and services, and then delighting over his success in an ve...

Hadji Gara

After the comedy of the same name of Mirza Fatali Akhundov.

The Game of Love

The film is about 3 friends falling in love with a girl. One of them changes his bad character under the girl's influence.