When a Woman Saddles a Horse 1974
Biographical film about Eyne Kuliyeva, who was the first woman to be the head of a local governance in 1920s Soviet Turkmenistan.
Biographical film about Eyne Kuliyeva, who was the first woman to be the head of a local governance in 1920s Soviet Turkmenistan.
Young investigator leads cases related to drug trafficking, while his boss, connected to the underworld, seeks his arrest.
This literary adaptation was one of only two films made during World War II on the subject of the Civil War following the Bolshevik Revolution, as attention by filmmakers and viewers shifted away from past history and toward the current conflict.
A woman whose husband has been killed in WWII lives with her father-in-law in the desert. She cannot leave and go back to her family, because that would mean the end of hope that her husband, a heroic pilot, might return one day.
The film consists of three short stories: "The Runaway Car," "Apollo's Skeleton," and "Night Show."
In the center - a story about the collapse of the plans of British imperialism, which sought to tear Turkmenistan away from Soviet Russia and turn it into a colony of the British Empire. About the failure of an experienced British intelligence officer who operated in 1918 on the territory of Turkestan.
The poor peasant Artyk cannot achieve his goal: to marry his beloved, the beautiful Aina. Rich Bally has wanted her for a long time. And although Aina likes Artyk, Bally calmly waits for his hour, he knows that his opponent has nothing to pay for. But the lovers decide to escape. Bally rushes after them and drives Aina home. In order to free the girl and take revenge on Bally, Artyk and a friend join Eziz Khan, who opposes the white king. Thus begins the combat path of the poor, not yet knowing their real enemies.
The year is 1943. The war is raging between the Germans and the Allies in North Africa. A truck with a Czech crew, Lieutenant Navara and six soldiers, escapes from the Foreign Legion fortress. Their aim is to reach the Allies and fight against Nazism. The truck is destroyed by a German army plane, which is hit by enemy fire in its turn. One Czech soldier dies in the attack, the driver is badly wounded, and Navara has serious burns on his face. The group has very little water and must reach an oasis that is 60 km away.
Ten steps from the round pillar, in the ruins of the old fortress of Kum-Basan-Kala, secret messages are hidden, which must be delivered abroad. For these documents, foreign intelligence sends its spy. The film tells about the events that took place in the old fortress.
Biopic about legendary Turkmen philosopher and poet, Makhtoumkuli, who was also known as Fragi.
Based on Turkmen folk tales. Life in the world was bad for poor Alty-aga. He had no children, the wagon was thin, and the cauldron was empty. But after meeting the tiny boy Yartygulak, his life changed...
How brave little Ashirka met a jackal calf.
Story of Jamal, a Turkmen woman who is left to tend to the farm when her husband goes off to fight in WW2.
While investigating a murder case, prosecutor Halima Bazieva receives from a bandit nicknamed Black a cassette tape exposing the machinations of local mafiosi operating in the city. The mafia has its own people everywhere - from law enforcement agencies to the highest echelons of power. The forces in this mortal battle are too unequal...
An adventures of two best friends Murad and Selim in the desert.
A tale about prince Ahmet and his adventures.
A movie about the gas mine workers in the scorching hot desert of Karakum, Turkmenistan.
The film takes place in Turkmenistan during the Second World War. Here, at a small railway siding, chance brings together Zina, whose husband disappeared at the front, Nadya from besieged Leningrad, and locomotive depot driver Andrei, who dreams of the front and the front line. The driver, having fallen in love with Zina, immediately proposes to her. But Zina does not consider herself a widow - and refuses her beloved. After which - to spite the whole world - the hero marries the silent Nadya and soon receives an assignment to the front. While accompanying a train with fuel, Andrei dies during the bombing of a railway junction, never having been to the front.