Love and Fury

Love and Fury 1978

8.50

At the beginning of the First World War, Alexander Dragovich went to the front as a teenager. The October Revolution caught the hero in captivity in Russia. Like many of his countrymen, Alexander defected to the revolution. After becoming a chekist, Dragovich was sent to Turkestan. The film tells about the heroic struggle of a special purpose unit with gangs of Basmachi, spies of various stripes and saboteurs, about the adventures of the anarchist Kolya and the tragic love of Mushtari and Dragovich.

1978

His Name Is Sukhe-Bator

His Name Is Sukhe-Bator 1942

1

The film tells about the founder of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, the leader of the Mongolian People's Revolution - Damdin Sukhe-Bator.

1942

Man Follows Birds

Man Follows Birds 1975

5.13

Man Follows Birds is a coming-of-age story of a young Uzbek poet surrounded by violence. Farouk is fascinated by trees and Khamraev films him with a lot of melancholy and tenderness. Cast apart because he’s poor and his father’s drunk, Farouk is not happy in his village. When his father dies, he decides to go in the mountains with his best friends. Looking for nature at its purest, the two teenage boys have to deal with the cruelty of violent barbarians. Their trip will also make them meet a lost orphan girl and a wise beggar.

1975

There Will Come Soft Rains

There Will Come Soft Rains 1984

6.60

In this animated short based on a short story from Ray Bradbury, the viewer observes a computer-controlled house in the near future and learns of the fates of its occupants.

1984

The Veldt

The Veldt 1987

5.31

Adaptation of three short stories by Ray Bradbury. An atmosphere of hostility forms inside an unnamed city, and the citizens are unsettled by the materialization of ghosts and the memories of their loved ones.

1987

Avicenna

Avicenna 1957

1

The film is dedicated to the philosopher, doctor, scientist of the East and poet Abu-Ali Ibn-Sin, who lived in Bukhara in the 10th century and was known in Europe under the name of Avicenna. Bukhara. Eighteen-year-old doctor Ibn Sina saves the emir from a fatal illness. Refusing gold and honors, the young man only asks for admission to the emir's book depository as a reward. The study of the works of ancient scientists, philosophers, doctors, observations of nature, numerous experiments increase the knowledge of Ibn Sipa. The treacherous attack on Bukhara by the troops of the ruler of Ghazna Mahmud, who devastated the city and set the world's greatest book depository on fire, forced Ibn-Sina to leave his homeland. After many years of wandering, he, together with his student and assistant Juzjani, comes to the capital of Khorezm, Gurganj, to declare war on the plague raging here...

1957

The Seventh Bullet

The Seventh Bullet 1973

4.80

Despite the restoration of Soviet power in the area, Basmachis continue to arrive from across the border, bringing death and destruction to peaceful villages. One of the bands of rebels is led by Khairulla who is pitted against the militsiya (local militia) leader Maxumov. At first it seems hopeless for Maxumov as the rebels capture most of his men, winning them over to his side. He has only one strategy left; to give himself up, and try to explain to the people that Khairulla has deceived them, turning the soldiers back to revolution. Later in pursuit of his enemy, he chases Khairulla across a river. He has only one bullet left -- the seventh, and he must not miss his target!

1973

Two Soldiers

Two Soldiers 1943

6.22

A story about the friendship between two young men, two soldiers - Arkady from Odessa and Sasha from Ural.

1943

Tashkent, City of Bread

Tashkent, City of Bread 1968

1

Beautifully shot in black and white, and scripted by Tarkovsky's collaborator Andrei Konchalovsky, this powerful melodrama tells the story of a young boy who undertakes the perilous journey to Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent, to earn some money for his hungry family. Filming in the periphery of the Soviet Union, in a time of relative political relaxation, director Shukhrat Abbasov actually dared to depict the poverty and famine that resulted from the Bolshevik Revolution.

1968

Red Sands

Red Sands 1970

9.00

The red commander Mirsharapov was sent to fight the Basmachi gang in Khiva. After the fighting, Junaidkhan's gangs are defeated.

1970

Girl No. 217

Girl No. 217 1945

3.80

A Russian peasant woman is captured by Nazis and sold into slavery in Germany. Shown in Cannes in 1946.

1945

Teddy Bear the Artist

Teddy Bear the Artist 1976

7.00

Zafar and his sister Yuldus live without a mother, and are raised by their grandmother, since their father is a pilot and is constantly on business trips. From one business trip, father brings Zafar as a gift a bear cub. Zafar begins to train a bear cub, dreaming of making him a circus artist, and starts his studies, so his father forces the boy to give the bear cub to a circus...

1976

Triptych

Triptych 1980

4.70

Three women’s lives intersect in a small town in Uzbekistan following the Second World War. The first, an old woman trapped in a forced marriage; the second, a schoolteacher intent on imposing progress on the remote region; the third, a young woman determined to build her own house without her husband’s or the state’s approval.

1980

Bygone Days

Bygone Days 1970

1

Two lovers are torn apart by the violence occurring among the feudal lords in early 19th century Tashkent.

1970

The Sea Hawk

The Sea Hawk 1942

6.00

During a WWII a duel starts between Soviet war ship and Nazi submarine.

1942