Mammadrza Sheikhzamanov

Mammadrza Sheikhzamanov

Birth : 1912-08-04, Ganja, Azerbaijan

Death : 1984-01-25

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Mammadrza Sheikhzamanov

Movies

Saddle these Horses
Villager
The film is about Gachag Nabi's heroism.
Painful Roads
The movie is based on Azerbaijani folk tale "Malikmammad and the Three Princes".
Golden Precipice
Gurban
Dante's Anniversary
After the novelette of the same name of Anar. The film is about an actor's life and work.
Straight to the Volcano
Ramazan
After the novellette of the same name of Mehdi Huseyn.
Sound of the Pipe
Isfandiyar
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.
Çarvadarların izi ilə
Ali
The novel was written by Ilyas Afandiyev. The film is about road builders.
Nasimi
Sheikh Azam
The film is a biographical true story about life of Imadaddin Nasimi, well known throughout the East for his school of philosophy and thought, poems and promotion of moral values in a feudal society. During the 14th-15th centuries, when Azerbaijan was a stage for warring powers and civil wars, Nasimi was the only poet committed to promotion of humanism and moral values inflicting criticism on the ruling system and the society itself. For his intruding role in feudal regimes, Nasimi lived a complex and tragic life.
The Avenger of Ganjabasar
Gubernator
The film is about the rebellion in Ganja in 1919-1920 at the head of Gatir Mammad.
Unusual Hunt
Village Elder
The film is devoted problems of protection of ecology.
The Golden Goose
Mahmud
The film is about the fishing island.
The Life Tests Us
Murtuz
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 Cherry Tree
Gulam
It is the story of an old man - Gulam - and the cherry tree which grew in his garden. As the story opens, the village children consider Gulam their best friend. But as the war wears on, Gulam directs his kindness and affection to his cherry tree, shielding the tree from the children who are starving. In the process, Gulam becomes very aggressive and eventually is seen as the enemy of the children. The movie shows how war can destory even the most tender and gentle feelings, as well as the most basic moral values of being human.
The Most Important Interview
Zaur's father
The film tells the story of journalistic morality in an analytical way. In this sense, the journalist must have a clear conscience and morality. He must find the answer to the question: "What is the meaning of life and what have I been able to do for people?" The protagonist of the film, Zaur is a radio journalist. Throughout the plot, he seeks the answer to this question, but finds it difficult to find the answer, and the complex contrasts of life confuse him.
My Seven Sons
Karam
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.
Where is Ahmad?
Shirin
When his parents try to marry him to their neighbors' daughter, Ahmad runs away from home and his family try to find him.
The Great Support
Sharafoghlu
After the novellette of the same name of M.Ibrahimov. The film is about a man who trusted his subordinates.
Leyli and Majnun
Darvish
After the literary work of the same name of Nizami Ganjavi and Mahammad Fuzuli. The film is about pure love of two young people.
The Secret of the Mountain
Eldostu
The struggle of the people against the shakh (king) who seized all of land and water resources.
Can One Forgive Him?
Gurbanov
The film is about the boy who got under bad when influence after losting his family he faced with tragic events.
The Shadows are Crawling
Gafar Niyazov
Under the Burning Sun
Amir
The hero of the film coming to the village for a short while decided to stay there by his medical duty.
The Black Stones
After the novel of the same name of Mehdi Huseyn.
Bakhtiyar
Professor Rajabov
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.
The Peasants