Sohni Mahiwal

Sohni Mahiwal 1984

5.30

Shahjada Ijjat Beg comes to India with his caravan and settles in a town in Gujrat. Here he falls in love with Sohani, who keeps a shop in metal pots. Ijjat Beg buys pot from her with whatever money he had and they were attracted to each other. Sohni dispensed with her servant and kept Ijjat Beg instead. This gave them more opportunity to meet. This was a scandal in the town and Sohni was perforce married to Rehaman who was slightly off his head. Sohni continued her meeting Ijjat Beg who went out fishing. When the atmosphere became to hot for them they jointly took a water grave for their love.

1984

Meaning of Life

Meaning of Life 1987

1

Follows the construction of the Fergana Canal, which employed 170 thousand people, and Usman Yusupov was given a very specific task - in 45 days, a 270-kilometer-long canal should provide water to the cotton fields.

1987

Adventures of Ali-Baba and the Forty Thieves

Adventures of Ali-Baba and the Forty Thieves 1979

6.30

The movie is based on the story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, from the One Thousand and One Nights or Arabian Tales. The role of Ali Baba is played by Dharmendra and Hema Malini play Morjina.

1979

Little Man in a Big War

Little Man in a Big War 1990

1

The family of the director of the state farm lives in a small Uzbek village. One day, the nephew of the mother, Sanjar, appears in this hospitable family. The kind and impressionable Sappho, observing his cousin's connections with a thieving company, draws unpleasant conclusions for himself and makes completely independent decisions...

1990

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 Lovers

The Lovers 1970

5.30

A subtle lyrical story about youth, the search for truth, the first painful experiences of love. The film features three heroes who live in Tashkent. Rodin — a kind and whole man — finds it difficult to live with a girl who doesn't love him, and he himself saves her from the need to lie and suffer... Rustam's life is different. He is loving, talented... The third hero Thassos — a Greek by birth — returns to his homeland, where his mother and sister were found, but there flashed a junta of "grey colonels"...

1970

The Mountains Are Calling

The Mountains Are Calling 1973

1

Four friends - Aziz, Dima, Rano and Rustam are relaxing in a pioneer camp. One day they see the guys from the village with old cartridges found in a cave. Friends decide to reveal the secret of the cartridges...

1973

Above the Desert Sky

Above the Desert Sky 1964

1

Success in work and rapid advancement through the ranks turned the young, capable geologist and prospector Andrei Chernogorov into a dry, selfish careerist. Simple, human relationships ceased to exist for him. Varya, Andrei’s wife, a collector by profession, having separated from her husband, leaves to look for a zirconium deposit. After some time, Andrei was sent to the same survey party. Arriving in the desert among ordinary people with their harsh, working everyday life, he begins to realize that he behaved unworthily.

1964

Two Soldiers

Two Soldiers 1943

6.20

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

1943

Nasreddin in Bukhara

Nasreddin in Bukhara 1943

4.90

Smart Man Nassredin easily penetrates into Bukhara Emir inner circle posing as Wise Man from Damascus. He becomes Emir trusted advisor, and even convinces the tyrant to relax the rule and release a lot of political prisoners (because stars favor this arrangement).

1943

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

The Veldt

The Veldt 1987

5.30

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

Bitter Berry

Bitter Berry 1975

1

Adolescent love troubles set in a beautiful Uzbek mountainside.

1975

This is Where the Border Goes

This is Where the Border Goes 1973

1

Yakov Koreshnikov, a border guard with extensive experience, is leading an operation to detain a group of foreign agents. Back in the 20s, he participated in the liquidation of the Basmachi gang. Then he first met the traitor Abzal. During the Great Patriotic War, Koreshnikov again had to face him. The saboteurs sent to the Turkestan highway area were then destroyed, but Abzal managed to escape. And here is their last meeting...

1973

Return of the Pied Piper

Return of the Pied Piper 1989

1.00

The story of the pied piper, the German legend of the rat catcher of Hameln, retold as a punk invasion of a Polish small town.

1989

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

Maysara's Tricks

Maysara's Tricks 1990

1

Two successful friends, Kadiev and Aglyamov, are watching a historical video and, as the events unfold on the screen, pour out their hearts on modern life. However, after a slight explosion, time turns back - and heroes in oriental robes and turbans find themselves in the center of events of a distant era...

1990