Movies Similar to The Winds Blow in Baku

On Distant Shores(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.

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The Labour and Rose(1963)

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

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The Last Mountain Pass(1971)

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.

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The Peasants(1939)

A historical revolutionary film depicting the struggle of peasants and the Baku proletariat against landowners and Musavatists in 1919.

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You Can't Take an Island with You(1980)

A young girl is trying to save an island which is endangered by nearby construction.

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My Seven Sons(1970)

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.

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In a Southern Town(1969)

Murad, a young man, lives by the old ethical norms that are still valid in the suburbs of his city. He had promised Tofig, his childhood friend, to give him his sister as a wife, but Tofig is in love with another girl. He forgets the promise and takes the girl home. Murad is offended. According to the code of honor, he must take revenge. One of the first films ever produced in the Soviet Union to challenge the sociopolitical establishment.

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Two Boys from the Same District(1957)

Childhood friends Ahmet and Nuri, the sons of poor farmers, grew up together, studied together, and worked together in a factory. Together, they publish the magazine Light, which opposes the colonial policies of foreign capital and military pacts. After their first imprisonment, the friends' paths diverge: Nuri betrays his convictions and joins a reactionary newspaper. His life is now safe, but he finds no joy or peace. Meanwhile, Ahmet, having become one of the main enemies of the reactionaries, attracts more and more patriots to his side.

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Shared Bread(1969)

While there is famine during WW2, a boy with mom far away, tries to stay strong.

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From Two Worlds as a Keepsake(2012)

In Soviet Azerbaijan, a divorced Armenian couple fights over the custody of their daughter, Ashen. Stolen from one parent to another, Ashen's guardians are tragically killed in the bloody war surrounding them. Will the arrival of a new savior finally bring Ashen freedom? Official selection of the Global Lens Collection presented by the Global Film Initiative.

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Under the Burning Sun(1957)

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

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I wasn't Beautiful then(1968)

After the novel of the same name of B.Bayramov. The film is about life during war, about postwoman.

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The Native Shores(1989)

The film is about frontier-guards who averts the diversion in hydroelectric power station which was built by another state.

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The Invincible Battalion(1965)

The film is about events which has happened with the "Potyomkin" ship.

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The Knights of Black Lake(1984)

After the story of the same name of S. Veliyev. It's devoted about life concerns of oil workers and their children.

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It's Dangerous to Put Out to Sea(1976)

The film is about special sea expedition which put out to sea to deliver oil to Russia at the cost of their lifes.

9.0

Sound of the Pipe(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.

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Babek(1979)

It is an epic movie about an Azerbaijani martur-hero who revolted against the Arab invasion of the 7th century.

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Saddle these Horses(1984)

The film is about Gachag Nabi's heroism.

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Her Great Heart(1958)

This is a story about World War II. The adultery of her husband didn't wreck her life because she could stand all difficulties with a little help of her faithfull friends.

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