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

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

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 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

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

The Contest

The Contest 1964

10.00

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

1964

Adventures on a Small Island

Adventures on a Small Island 1986

6.00

Kerim, 7, and his girlfriend Aina have a great deal to do: on the small island on the Caspian Sea where they live with Kerim's grandfather, nature is full of mysteries and men often come and make it upset.

1986

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

The Cheetah

The Cheetah 1980

1

The main character Akmuraz is an experienced ranger of the reserve, a man in love with his work, a devoted defender of nature. He and his friends, a scientist named Batyr, a militia captain named Sultanov, and vigilantes, are actively fighting against poachers who are predationally exterminating jeyran.

1980

Learn to Say No!

Learn to Say No! 1978

1

At the insistence of his parents, Taichi had to give up further studies and marry a girl he did not know, Akjemal. And her heart was given to someone else, a young man from her village.

1978

Sahat's Summer

Sahat's Summer 1976

1

Sahat, a schoolboy, spends his summer holidays with his grandfather in a mountain village. The boy learns pottery, helps to harvest crops, takes care of a small camel. Here Sahat gets his first work skills, lessons of caring for the surrounding nature.

1976

Man Overboard

Man Overboard 1970

1

When the storm started, the fishing boats were far out at sea. It would seem to be a common thing, but one fisherman did not return to the shore. Who is to blame for his death? The investigator who arrived is investigating this incident.

1970

The Dispute About Grapes

The Dispute About Grapes 1989

1

One day, a fight broke out between an Arab, a Turk and a Greek because one wanted aynab, the second wanted uzum, and the third wanted stafil. The poor guys didn't know that all three of them wanted the same thing.

1989

One Drop

One Drop 1989

1

It is a fairy tale about kind and responsive boy who won cruel Dav.

1989

Yartygulak and the Lazy

Yartygulak and the Lazy 1987

1

The story is about how Yartygulak (a Turkmen tom thumb) taught two arrogant lazy parasites a lesson.

1987

A Single Log

A Single Log 1985

1

The ant was too lazy to find a suitable log for the bridge, which almost caused him to drown.

1985

Friends

Friends 1973

1

About the adventures of Kongurji the puppy and his friends.

1973

First Exam

First Exam 1959

1

Oraz, a schoolboy from a remote Turkmen village, loves to draw. At an exhibition of children's drawings in India, his portrait of his mother wins a prize. Teacher Lebedev, who came to the village from the Ashgabat Art College, advises the boy to study.

1959