Fateh Fatullayev

A historical film about the struggle in the 18th century of the young ruler of the Kuban Khanate, Fatali Khan, who sought to unite the scattered khanates into a single Azerbaijani state.

The film is about Azerbaijanian and Uzbekistan's cotton-growers contest and about two young people's love.

After the novellette of the same name of Mehdi Huseyn.

Aygün and Amirkhan were a beautiful couple in love. Amirkhan became addicted to alcohol, which destroyed their strong family and caused them great suffering. Suddenly, Amirkhan stopped drinking and had a chance to reunite with his family.

The film tells the tragic story of Tutu, a kind-hearted and courageous orphaned Romani girl.

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.

Summer 1942. Nazi troops storm the Caucasus. They are rushing to get their hands on Baku oil. An Abwehr special group called "Wartburg" has settled in the Nalchik area. In Baku, German spy Ziegel (Pavel Kadochnikov) heads to the oil fields from Maykop under the name of Soviet engineer Kashtanov. Tankers carrying gasoline begin to explode in the Caspian Sea. Soviet counterintelligence agent "Khazri" infiltrates "Wartburg"...

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