Eldar Quliyev

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Eldar Quliyev

Born January 18, 1941 · Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR

Died April 16, 2021 · aged 80

No biography available.

Known For

Once Upon a TimeOnce Upon a Time · 1967
Once Upon a Time
1967
MovieDramaMusic
After the story of the same name of S. Gadirzadeh "Autumnal leaves". The film is about old man and old woman and their sudden meeting.
HostageHostage · 2006
Hostage
5.02006
MovieDrama
During the late 1980s and early 1990s the Armenian minority in Nagorono-Karabakh attempted to break away from Azerbaijan, one of the former Soviet republics. Overnight these former neighbors became enemies, and simple village folk were suddenly made hostages in a complex power game. One of the Azerbaijani villages right on the border is home to the family of the peasant farmer Kerim, who has just been captured by the Armenians. The village council decides to take an Armenian in order to arrange a hostage exchange. They imprison the wounded man in the barn next to Kerim's house, where his wife and three children desperately await the husband's return. The captive from the other side of the border finds himself in exactly the same situation - he, too, has three children, he finds it hard to scrape a living together, he has never done anything to harm anyone and, like Kerim, he just wants to go back home. But life in Karabakh is far more complex now. Blood calls for blood.
Fair WindFair Wind · 1974
Fair Wind
8.51974
MovieHistoryDrama
Jan Vacek, a revolutionary of Czech origin, organizes the retreat of communist troops in Baku after the Bolshevik Revolution, following the fall of the local commune...
The DiversionThe Diversion · 1989
The Diversion
1989
MovieDramaThriller
After fulfilling his duty in Afghan War, Zaur returns to his home Baku. He is trying to clarify the truth when he heard that his father was arrested.
Long Live, GirlsLong Live, Girls · 1973
Long Live, Girls
7.01973
MovieDramaRomance
The plot of the film is based on real events that took place in the summer of 1958 on one of the beaches of Absheron, when Tofik Huseynov, a schoolboy from Baku, drowned in the sea while saving drowning children. The film begins before the opening credits: on a deserted beach by the raging sea, a young man, exhausted, pulls drowning girls out of the waves. One, then another, then a third... Then he rushes for the fourth, but drowns with her.
Dante's AnniversaryDante's Anniversary · 1978
Dante's Anniversary
1978
MovieDramaRomance
After the novelette of the same name of Anar. The film is about an actor's life and work.
Legend of GumushgolLegend of Gumushgol · 1985
Legend of Gumushgol
8.01985
MovieDramaComedy
The life of the protagonist of the film, Farid, changes completely after what happened in a mountain village, where a pedestrian escaped from the responsibility, which he thought was dead.
The Dervish's DiaryThe Dervish's Diary · 2013
The Dervish's Diary
2013
MovieHistoryMystery
The events took place in the early 19th century on the eve of the fall of the Azerbaijani khanates. The events coincided with the period of the division of Azerbaijan into two.

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HostageHostage · 2006
Hostage
5.02006
MovieDrama
During the late 1980s and early 1990s the Armenian minority in Nagorono-Karabakh attempted to break away from Azerbaijan, one of the former Soviet republics. Overnight these former neighbors became enemies, and simple village folk were suddenly made hostages in a complex power game. One of the Azerbaijani villages right on the border is home to the family of the peasant farmer Kerim, who has just been captured by the Armenians. The village council decides to take an Armenian in order to arrange a hostage exchange. They imprison the wounded man in the barn next to Kerim's house, where his wife and three children desperately await the husband's return. The captive from the other side of the border finds himself in exactly the same situation - he, too, has three children, he finds it hard to scrape a living together, he has never done anything to harm anyone and, like Kerim, he just wants to go back home. But life in Karabakh is far more complex now. Blood calls for blood.

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