Ali Khamraev

5.3 MovieThe setting is Central Asia during the Russian civil war. In the post-revolutionary twenties, when the power in European Russia was (officially) "fully in the hands...

The Bodyguard

1979

5.4 MovieMan 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...

Man Follows Birds

1976

5.2 MovieDespite 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 Seventh Bullet

1973

5.2 MovieThe film is set during the last summer before the Great Patriotic War. Three sisters are coming to stay with their grandmother in the village. They imagine the world...

The Garden of Desires

1988

5.4 MovieThree 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...

Triptych

1980

5.4 MovieA Russian doctor is invited to work at Afghanistan's top hospital during the war, and sees firsthand the carnage caused by the Islamist mujaheddin as they attempt to...

Hot Summer in Kabul

1983

5.5 MovieA dying woman’s wish sends her son on a train journey from the steppes of Uzbekistan to the Russian hinterland in search of his father’s grave. Just as the traveler’s...

I Remember You

1986

3.4 MovieA Bolshevik army officer and Uzbek who has been nursed back to health by a young Uzbek woman to whom he is now married, gains responsibility for the local village in...

Without Fear

7.2 MovieSet in the rural village of White Storks, the story tackles the taboo subject of an extramarital affair. Strong-willed Malika, married but childless, is openly...

White, White Storks

1967

7.5 MovieA young man Bakhtiyar falls in love with a girl he saw on the TV screen.

Where Are You, My Zulfiya

1964

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

Red Sands

1970

7.0 MovieTwo barbarians in the desert find a stranded white woman and regard her as their property. A strange and exotic parable that presents a tragic three-cornered...

Bo Ba Bu

1998

7.0 MovieExtraordinary Commissar Pyotr Kobozev arrives in Soviet Turkestan on Lenin's personal order. He will have to quickly and accurately understand the situation and take...

Extraordinary Commissar

1970

10.0 MovieA romance by Ali Khamraev with musical numbers interspersed

The Bride from Vuadil

1985

9.0 MovieDirected by Ali Khamrayev.

Dilorom

1967

6.0 MovieTashkent, 1942. At this time, the hospitable city became a refuge for tens of thousands of people tired of hunger and cold war years. In urban stores, warehouses and...

Under the Guise of "Black Cat"

1991

8.0 MovieThree funny and entertaining short stories about little Tajik children: "They Got Into a Trap," "They Made Friends," and "Said the Dreamer."

Little Stories About Children Who...

1961

8.0 MovieThe comedy is based on the ancient legend of Tahir and Zuhr. The action has been transferred to our time. Various obstacles stand in the way of lovers, but in the...

Likes or Dislikes?

1963