Maksud Ibragimbekov

The Secret of the Cave

Four children are stuck in a cave full of weapons left from WWII.

A Little Bit of a Spring Holiday

Follows the life of a physical education teacher.

One Fine Day

A film almanac consisting of two short stories, united by a common idea of the need to maintain harmony between private and public interests: “Suite” and “One Fine Day”. The hero of the story ”Suite" is a lifeguard on the shore. The events taking place at sea do not bother him at all. To the music of Bizet, he dreams of Carmen, her exploits, valor and strong love... The hero of the short story “One Fine Day”, a promising researcher, one morning saw a spaceship from his balcony. Do this a little restlessly to his mother-in-law, neighbors, acquaintances, boss and, finally, to a psychiatrist...

One Thousand and One Nights

One day, returning from hunting to the palace, King Shakhriyar witnessed an unbridled orgy of courtiers, in the center of which was his beloved wife Nurida, who accepted the caresses of an insignificant slave. The deceived husband, the humiliated ruler, in front of the court, numb with horror, deals with his wife and comes to a terrible decision – to execute one young woman in the country every morning. Soon it is the turn of the vizier's daughter, the wise Scheherazade... Staged by the Academic Opera and Ballet Theater of Azerbaijan in 1981.

The Traitresses

A film dedicated to the women who spent many years in ALZhIR (Akmolinsk Camp for the Wives of Traitors to the Motherland). Stalin's terror reduced their young lives to hard labor. Actress Kseniya Kozmina, who served time in ALZhIR, decides to meet with the former leadership of the camp.

You Are, You Are My Song

About the love of the pop singer Akmal for a beautiful stranger, whom he once met in a taxi. Akmal searches for a long time and unsuccessfully for a girl whose name and address he does not know, and as a reward for his long search, he accidentally meets his love...

Let Him Stay With Us

The 1974 Irina Tarkovskaya Russian family romantic melodrama starring Tengiz Archvadze, Tatyana Batrokova, Valentin Bogdanov, Pyotr Cherkashin, and Vera Golovina.

And There Was No Better Brother

This story of two temperamentally different brothers takes place in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku during the 1970s. The elder brother Jalil is a married postal worker who keeps bees as a hobby. Younger brother Simurg is more adventurous by nature and capable of going after his goals, not just dreaming about them. Jalil has a recurring memory: once, when he was still a kid, his mother, pregnant with Simurg, took him to a women’s sauna. When both brothers fall in love for the same beautiful girl, their differences become apparent once again.