Mukhtar Avsharov

Mukhtar Avsharov

Birth : 1914-02-15, Yerevan, Armenia

Death : 2004-12-01

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Mukhtar Avsharov

Movies

Melody of Space
An old violinist thinks over his past life on the eve of the 80th birthday. His reflections result in looking for once composed but then forgotten melody. A chance meeting with dancer Rena takes him away to his lost love. He realizes that a person who has betrayed himself is doomed to tragic finale.
Execution is Postponed
All For The Best
Mullah
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.
Man's Word
Alamdar
The film is about young village man and about his love's.
Surayya
Villager
The Window of Sadness
Molla Hazratgulu
Film about growing up in a small village in Azerbaijan.
The Jinn in Microdistrict
The events in the film take place in one of the modern cities. The editor-in-chief Rustam Agayev (Egit Iskenderov) finds an ancient lamp placed in the jaw. For the talented but poor character Rustam, this lamp shatters the sky. With the help of jinn, the young man suceeds: his play is made on anchor; his girlfriend, Maya (Natalia Tagiyeva), agrees to marry him, and the bar is in the apartment. But Rustam wants to achieve everything. When the jinn throws away his "owner," he unveils the secret: a person must believe in his own power, and there must be a strong desire to create miracles.
Şəhərli Biçinçilər
The Knights of Black Lake
Malik
After the story of the same name of S. Veliyev. It's devoted about life concerns of oil workers and their children.
Saddle these Horses
The film is about Gachag Nabi's heroism.
Wait for Me
Hummat
The film is about village boy who became an enlisment officer and came back to Garabagh and fell in love with bey's daughter.
Golden Precipice
Sound of the Pipe
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.
The Avenger of Ganjabasar
Villager
The film is about the rebellion in Ganja in 1919-1920 at the head of Gatir Mammad.
Xatirələr Sahili
Shoemaker
The Cherry Tree
Saftarali
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 Stars don't Fade
The Day Passed
Postman
The film is about man and woman who remembered their childhood. The film reflects atmosphere of Baku. It is an adaptation of Anar Rzayev's "Georgian surname" novel.
Sevil
Bey
The film takes place in Baku in 1918-19 and then several years later. The film is based on the opera of the same name by Fikret Amirov. Sevil became the first film opera in the history of Azerbaijani cinema.
The Tempestuous Kura
Allahyar's Friend
After the novel of the same name of I.Shykhly. The film is about new intelligenzia in Azerbaijan at the beginning of the XX c.
The Invincible Battalion
Rasi
The film is about events which has happened with the "Potyomkin" ship.