A Horseman is Always A Horseman

A Horseman is Always A Horseman 1986

1

The confrontation of two, in their own right, sides: the young chairman of the collective farm Dzhupbar, who dreams of rebuilding the village "in a new way", and the elders, who do not want to part with the long-standing plane tree, the beauty and pride of the village.

1986

Oasis

Oasis 1972

6.70

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.

1972

The Daughter-in-Law

The Daughter-in-Law 1972

5.80

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.

1972

Fragi - Away from Happiness

Fragi - Away from Happiness 1984

1

Biopic about legendary Turkmen philosopher and poet, Makhtoumkuli, who was also known as Fragi.

1984

Case in Dash-Kale

Case in Dash-Kale 1963

1

Maya, who grew up in the city, comes to the old village of Dash-Kala. A young teacher becomes a witness to how young Soltan is being sold in marriage.

1963

The Decisive Step

The Decisive Step 1966

1

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.

1966

Valley of Vengeance

Valley of Vengeance 1987

1

To help the starving peasants of 1918 Turkestan, the Soviet government sends a caravan with bread from Tashkent. This path is dangerous - gangs of Basmachi and White Cossacks are rampant here. The detachment commander, after a series of exhausting battles, decides to distract the gangs - and sets off on the wrong path a “false caravan” led by Commissioner Archman...

1987

Mankurt

Mankurt 1990

5.00

The film is about a Turkmen who defends his homeland from invasion. He is captured, tortured, and brainwashed into serving his homeland's conquerors. He is so completely turned that he kills his mother when she attempts to rescue him from captivity.

1990

Ten Steps to the East

Ten Steps to the East 1961

1

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.

1961

Garden of Eden

Garden of Eden 1988

1

Old man Khalnazar tells the orphan Toykuli about the kidnapped Gyulkahkas-peri, who brings joy to people. The boy decides to find Gylkahkas. The trials that befell him were shared by a girl he met named... Gyulkahkas. Only at the end of his wanderings Toykuli realized that his companion was the peri he was looking for, and only kindness and love could work miracles.

1988

When a Woman Saddles a Horse

When a Woman Saddles a Horse 1974

1

Biographical film about Eyne Kuliyeva, who was the first woman to be the head of a local governance in 1920s Soviet Turkmenistan.

1974

The Education of a Man

The Education of a Man 1983

5.00

A young boy is taken from his cozy existence in the city to live with his grandfather in the wild countryside of Central Asia.

1983

How the Steel Was Tempered

How the Steel Was Tempered 1942

1.80

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.

1942

The Contest

The Contest 1964

1

About the legendary musical competition between the famous Turkmen dutar player Shukur Bakhshy and Persian court musician Ghulam Bakhshy.

1964

Jamal's Tree

Jamal's Tree 1981

2.00

Story of Jamal, a Turkmen woman who is left to tend to the farm when her husband goes off to fight in WW2.

1981

Your Brother Is My Brother

Your Brother Is My Brother 1987

1

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.

1987