Fortress

Jun 1, 2008

1h 23m

★ 2.3

Overview

A drama about a film crew making a movie in an isolated mountain town famous for its ancient fortress, and what happens when the town is threatened by a modern-day foreign invasion.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

United Multimedia Projects

Azerbaijanfilm

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Cast

Soltan

Rasim Balayev

Abil Teacher

Vidadi Hasanov

Galina

Yulia Peresild

Khanbala

Mammad Alili

Rafig Teacher

Mabud Maharramov

Seyid

Elman Rafiyev

Asli

Sona Mikailova

Nikolai

Yuri Baliyev

Nazpari

Firangiz Mutallimova

Director

Gorkhmaz Alili

Marina

Alyona Zinovyeva

Osman

Parviz Mammadrzayev

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.

0.0

Welcome, My Angel

Oct 3, 2008

Not looking that a film is told about personal human fortunes here in the foreground there are the most noble raised human lines.

0.0

Execution is Postponed

Mar 6, 2003

After World War II, a group of young “robbers” redistributes the wealth of the rich to the poor while protecting the honor of women, especially the wives and sisters of soldiers at the front. Though branded outlaws by the law, their criminal yet benevolent deeds win the tacit approval of the local community.

8.0

All For The Best

Jan 1, 1997

The events occur during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. Because of a corpse in a zinc coffin with an arguable address, two families get excited. Having cut the lid off the coffin to identify the soldier, they find out that he is, in fact, Armenian - former citizen of Baku.

0.0

Structure of the Moment

Sep 15, 1980

No overview available.

2.0

Execution Day

Feb 11, 1990

After the novel of the same name of Yusif Samadoghlu. The film is about three intervals in time: the distant past, yesterday and today, about innocent victims, about repression, and conquest of different countries.

0.0

Wait for the Signal from the Sea

Sep 14, 1986

The film is about commissary Chingiz Ildirim.

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1.0

The Family

Jan 1, 1998

January 1990, Baku. The Soviet Union hasn't collapsed yet. Around 300 thousand Azeri have been forsed out from their homes in Armenia and Daghlig Garabagh. Rallies of protest, political meetings spring up in Baku. The old patriarch, Ismail gathers under his roof distant relatives, people of different nationalities, beliefs, and ideas. The old man is tortured by everything happening around him: unrest in the city as well as discord and discarder in his own overpopulated apartment. All his efforts to preserve the family are in vain. People want to live separately. Former friends become bitter enemies because of the senseless aggression.

8.3

Additional Trace

Feb 13, 1981

No overview available.

0.0

Say You Love Me

Sep 14, 1977

No overview available.

7.0

The Circle

May 7, 1989

The film is about political events which took place in 1989.

3.0

Broken Bridges

Nov 19, 2004

The plot of film is constructed on the basis of memoirs of the son and mother. They were divided with border between northern and southern Azerbaijan.

8.0

Good Bye, Southern City

Sep 4, 2006

The film takes place in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku at the end of the 1980s. At this time, the Soviet Union was starting to fall apart, and with this came the start of a number of ethnic conflicts. Fariz and his family move into a Baku apartment block from war-torn Nagorno-Karabakh. Fariz's relations with his new neighbors are strained by his accusations that it was people like them who failed to support the Azeris in their conflict with ethnic Armenians. The only one who stands up to him is Alik, who acts as peacemaker between him and the older inhabitants of the building. Alik has no reservations about brandishing his gun in order to keep the peace. One day, the apartment managers want to evict a number of musicians who have been squatting in the basement. Alik gets involved, but soon discovers the situation is more complicated that he first believed.

0.0

Our Street

Dec 17, 1961

The film is about the girl who was lost during the war and her return to her motherland after some events.

0.0

Murder in the Night Train

Oct 10, 1990

The film is about lad who joined the underworld, after coming from Afghan war.

5.0

The Peasants

Dec 28, 1939

No overview available.

3.0

Sound of the Pipe

Dec 1, 1975

The novelette was written by I.Huseynov. In the film, the problem of war is viewed from the perspective of love. Almost all of the men of the village are at the battlefront. The women who stayed in the night and day to support their efforts. Children wake up in the middle of the night, crying for bread. All of the villagers feel anxious for the men to return. Mothers are waiting for their sons; wives, for their husbands and children, for their fathers. When Sayali's husband dies at the front, her husband's friend Jabrayil proposes to her. The people of the village are furious. Jabrayil's brothers leave home, convinced that their family has been disgraced. One brother goesw crazy; the other fall ill and dies. The only person who doesn't blame Jabrayil is the "agsaggal" (the wise old man) of the village - Isfandiyar Kishi. In this film, note single sound of weaponry is heard, not are any battle scenes depicted, yet we still witness the inherent tragedy of war.

8.0

Garden Season

Feb 19, 1985

No overview available.