Stepmother

Dec 9, 1958

1h 22m

★ 5.4

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Family

Production Companies

Azerbaijanfilm

Stepmother Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Dilara

Najiba Malikova

Arif

Fateh Fatullayev

Gamar

Hagigat Rzayeva

Dadash

Jeyhun Sharifov

Huseyn

Alasgar Alakbarov

Fatmanisa

Nasiba Zeynalova

Zaynab

Shafiga Gasimova

Ismail

Jeyhun Mirzayev

Jamila

Sevinj Akhundova

Samad

Farhad Bakikhanov

Gurbanali

Ali Gurbanov

Ayaz's Father

Alakbar Huseynzadeh

Set in Baku at the turn of the 20th century, a young successful businessman Asgar wishes to marry. He wants his bride to be the choice of his heart, however, Azerbaijani tradition restricted him from communicating with the lady as a lover before marriage. So Asgar decides to disguise himself as a mere cloth peddler and the young woman Gulchohra falls in love with him.

6.2

Interrogation

Feb 18, 1979

The investigator Seyfi Ganiyev runs the case of an illegal mercery shop's head Murad Abiyev, who confessed in embezzlement of one million rubles from public funds. Abiyev is also accused of the murder of an underage girls that occurred in Riga shortly after Abiyev saw her. He denies his guilt, but does not name the perpetrators though he knows them, despite the fact that he is facing the death penalty. The investigator understands that some high-ranking officials stand behind Abiyev, but he has no proof. Ganiyev seeks to obtain from the prisoner the whole truth to bring the criminals to justice.

6.2

Nabat

Aug 29, 2014

The story is set during an upsurge in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and revolves around an old, sick ex-forestry worker and his wife Nabat, whose son has died in battle.

4.3

Garib in the Land of Jinn

Feb 9, 1977

No overview available.

6.5

Tahmina

May 1, 1993

This Azerbaijani romantic drama depicts the love affair between Zaur, a man from an affluent family, and Tahmina, a divorced woman doing her best to survive in a conservative society.

0.0

Another Life

Feb 16, 1987

Psychological drama about a university dean who leads a double life.

5.7

On Distant Shores

Aug 18, 1958

The film portrays the life of the legendary Azerbaijani guerrilla of the Second World War Mehdi Huseynzadeh, who fought the Nazi forces in the present-day Italy and Slovenia, hence the film's name On distant shores referring to the Adriatic Sea.

0.0

The Labour and Rose

Dec 2, 1962

The film is about famous Chechen ballet and folk dancer Mahmud Essembayev's life.

5.6

If Not This, Then That

Dec 30, 1956

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.

9.0

The Devil under the Windshield

Jul 1, 1988

A journalist is investigating a group of poachers who are illegally selling the huge amounts of fish

5.6

The Bat

Jan 1, 1995

In a Azerbaijan, in the beginning of this century, the first films made in the history of cinema are shown.The characters meet each other in a room. Three characters who will witness the linking up of their destinies through their common love for this new captivating art.

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.

1.0

The Inquiry is Going On

Dec 17, 1966

After the novel "Sahil Amaliyyati" (The operation of "Side") of the same name of Jamshid Amirov. The film is about foreign secret service's operation and it's revelation by security organs.

7.2

The Twenty Six Comissars

Feb 16, 1966

The film is about dramatic revolutionary events happened in 1918 in Baku.

6.0

The Fires of Baku

May 8, 1950

Dedicated to the development of the oil industry of Soviet Azerbaijan in the background of the first half of the twentieth century, including their selfless work in strengthening the economic and military might of the USSR.

1.0

Bakhtiyar

Dec 11, 1955

The film is about oilman who had beautiful voice. He didn't attach great importance to his friends is advice to get special music reward. But he changed his attitude to art under the influence of his friends.

0.0

Under the Burning Sun

Dec 29, 1957

The hero of the film coming to the village for a short while decided to stay there by his medical duty.

5.5

Where is Ahmad?

Nov 4, 1964

When his parents try to marry him to their neighbors' daughter, Ahmad runs away from home and his family try to find him.