Rasim Balayev

Rasim Balayev

Born: August 8, 1948
in Istisu, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
Rasim Akhmed oglu Balayev is an Azerbaijani cinema and theatrical actor. He starred in the leading roles in more than 60 Azerbaijani films.

Rasim Balayev was born on 8 August 1948 in Aghsu region of Azerbaijan. At the age of 15-16, he got involved in theater performances. Being from rural area, Rasim's family attempted to push him to choose a different career, though he never did and got enrolled in Azerbaijani Institute of Arts, from which he graduated in 1969. The actor's first film experience on big screen came with a short role in the film "Stars don't die away". Rasim Balayev's fame came after his part in 3 movies and participation in two film festivals: the 7th Soviet festival in Baku and 3rd International festival in Tashkent where he received an award for Best Actor and several proposals for main roles in future movies. Among his best performances are films Nasimi, Babek, The Scoundrel, Anecdote, and The Bat.

Movies for Rasim Balayev...

Title: Magomaev
Character: Jamaladdin Magomaev
Released: March 9, 2020
Type: TV
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Goodbye Schmidt!
Title: Goodbye Schmidt!
Character: Polis mayoru
Released: April 19, 2019
Type: Movie
“Goodbye Schmidt!”. A movie, which deeply hints, even though it doesn’t make to think about…* Emil Schmidt belongs to the German ethnicity and wishes to immigrate to Germany. He dreams to realize his goal by applying to the German Embassy with official requests every month, but at the very beginning, nothing is that simple, as it seems to be to him. He is being accepted, but only to the offices. He is being heard, but nobody listens to him. People feel sorry for him, but they don't help…. The remarkable hero story of this picture will share with us an autumn sorrow and a summer joy and will allow us to live through his fate and to keep silent about the meaning of life. What could be higher than human values, love and freedom? What could be closer to us than the Motherland? What could be more important for a person whose life can end at any moment?
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Baku, I Love You
Title: Baku, I Love You
Released: September 23, 2015
Type: Movie
The film anthology includes 10 short films: "Asia", "Meeting", "Artist", "Yard", "Bahram Gur", "Lottery ticket", "Caspian Atlantis", "About love", "Aysel" and "Coincidence". Each screenplay in the project reflects different moments in the life of Baku. Short films bring to life relationships between people, their love and longing, happy and sad moments. The main hero uniting these people, relations and different moments of life is the city of Baku.
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Black-and-White Nights
Title: Black-and-White Nights
Released: January 1, 2013
Type: Movie
A classic and at the same time unrealistic and phantasmagoric love story with betrayal and hatred. A woman's ruthless hatred of her husband suddenly starts to surface in the programs of the TV channel she has co-founded with her husband.
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Ambassador of the Dawn
Title: Ambassador of the Dawn
Character: Mirzə Fətəli Axundzadə
Released: November 22, 2012
Type: Movie
Tells the story of the life and multifaceted heritage of Mirza Fatali Akhundzadeh , the founder of Azerbaijani drama, a great public figure, who left an indelible mark on the history of Azerbaijani and Middle Eastern literature . The film depicts three periods of the playwright's life - childhood, youth and old age.
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The Turned World
Title: The Turned World
Character: Mammad Aliyev
Released: June 30, 2011
Type: Movie
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Fortress
Title: Fortress
Character: Soltan
Released: June 1, 2008
Type: Movie
A drama about a film crew making a movie in an isolated mountain town famous for its ancient fortress, and what happens when the town is threatened by a modern-day foreign invasion.
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Broken Bridges
Title: Broken Bridges
Character: Taxi Driver
Released: November 19, 2004
Type: Movie
The plot of film is constructed on the basis of memoirs of the son and mother. They were divided with border between northern and southern Azerbaijan.
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There, Where the Rivers Merge
Title: There, Where the Rivers Merge
Character: Bahman
Released: August 2, 2004
Type: Movie
A man goes to prison for years for a crime his cousin committed. After his release he moves to his native village and lives a simple life. But when his cousin comes to visit, his old thoughts of revenge return.
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This Wonderful, Wonderful World
Title: This Wonderful, Wonderful World
Character: Mirzayev
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
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Hotel Room
Title: Hotel Room
Character: Sadiyar
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
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The Bat
Title: The Bat
Character: Aghabey
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
In a Azerbaijan, in the beginning of this century, the first films made in the history of cinema are shown.The characters meet each other in a room. Three characters who will witness the linking up of their destinies through their common love for this new captivating art.
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Business and Pleasure
Title: Business and Pleasure
Character: Davud
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
Mustafa works as a guide in Shaki (the city in Azerbaijan) and decides traveling to Turkey for making a trade to get some money. When his spouse and him went there, unexpected processes started to happen.
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Title: Кодекс молчания 2. След чёрной рыбы
Character: Agaev - polkovnik OUVD
Released: August 2, 1994
Type: TV
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Don't Step in-He'll Kill You
Title: Don't Step in-He'll Kill You
Character: Rasim
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
The film is about fellows spending time on the shore and about some events.
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The Basement
Title: The Basement
Character: Ayaz
Released: December 1, 1990
Type: Movie
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The Witness
Title: The Witness
Released: September 15, 1990
Type: Movie
The film tells a story about non-democratic and non-legal social events in the country of Azerbaijan.
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The Joke
Title: The Joke
Character: Rahimov
Released: January 10, 1990
Type: Movie
Made in the tragic comedy genre, this film is about the dysfunctional Soviet management system in Azerbaijan SSR at the end of 1980s and about the decadence and corruption of the Soviet bureaucracy.
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The Native Shores
Title: The Native Shores
Character: Habibi
Released: August 30, 1989
Type: Movie
The film is about frontier-guards who averts the diversion in hydroelectric power station which was built by another state.
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The Diversion
Title: The Diversion
Character: Hasanov
Released: February 18, 1989
Type: Movie
After fulfilling his duty in Afghan War, Zaur returns to his home Baku. He is trying to clarify the truth when he heard that his father was arrested.
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The Special Visit to German Clinic
Title: The Special Visit to German Clinic
Character: Mammad Rustamov
Released: November 17, 1988
Type: Movie
Baku, Year 1920. Secret agent of the Emergency Commission Engineer Mammad Rustamov is sent to Berlin with a special assignment. On the pretext of treating his son's illness, Mammad is endangering his life and people around him.
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The Scoundrel
Title: The Scoundrel
Released: May 31, 1988
Type: Movie
Film exposes the corruption and the decadence of the late Soviet bureaucracy in Azerbaijan SSR through the eyes of a naive Azerbaijani adult man, Hatem.
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The Devil under the Windshield
Title: The Devil under the Windshield
Character: Nazarov
Released: November 20, 1987
Type: Movie
A journalist is investigating a group of poachers who are illegally selling the huge amounts of fish
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The Jinn in Microdistrict
Title: The Jinn in Microdistrict
Character: Ali
Released: February 15, 1986
Type: Movie
The events in the film take place in one of the modern cities. The editor-in-chief Rustam Agayev (Egit Iskenderov) finds an ancient lamp placed in the jaw. For the talented but poor character Rustam, this lamp shatters the sky. With the help of jinn, the young man suceeds: his play is made on anchor; his girlfriend, Maya (Natalia Tagiyeva), agrees to marry him, and the bar is in the apartment. But Rustam wants to achieve everything. When the jinn throws away his "owner," he unveils the secret: a person must believe in his own power, and there must be a strong desire to create miracles.
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An Old Ferry
Title: An Old Ferry
Character: Salman
Released: September 13, 1985
Type: Movie
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The Tale of the Old Oak Tree
Title: The Tale of the Old Oak Tree
Character: Idrisov
Released: September 8, 1984
Type: Movie
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Saddle these Horses
Title: Saddle these Horses
Character: Salim bey
Released: August 25, 1984
Type: Movie
The film is about Gachag Nabi's heroism.
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Tale of the Lonely Pomegranate Tree
Title: Tale of the Lonely Pomegranate Tree
Character: Yagub
Released: January 31, 1984
Type: Movie
After the story of the same name of Akram Aylisli.
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Выигрыш одинокого коммерсанта
Title: Выигрыш одинокого коммерсанта
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
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An Ice in a Warm Sea
Title: An Ice in a Warm Sea
Character: Mammad
Released: May 14, 1983
Type: Movie
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Wäre die Erde nicht rund...
Title: Wäre die Erde nicht rund...
Character: Hatem
Released: December 3, 1981
Type: Movie
While studying in Moscow, the GDR resident Christiane falls in love with Hatem, a fellow student from Syria. The two become a couple and even have a child together. When their study draws to an end, Christiane and Hatem have to decide if they want to share their future together. After Hatem explains to Christiane that as a woman she will not be able to work in Syria, Christiane suggests moving to the GDR together. For Hatem, however, this is out of the question, since he considers it a betrayal of his country. Thus, the two young people are forced to go separate ways.
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The Day after Tomorrow at Midnight
Title: The Day after Tomorrow at Midnight
Character: Israfil Bey
Released: December 1, 1981
Type: Movie
After the novel of the same name of M. Avdiyev and A. Donets. The film is about first operations of National State Security.
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Additional Trace
Title: Additional Trace
Character: Nazim
Released: February 13, 1981
Type: Movie
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Wait for Me
Title: Wait for Me
Character: Nijat
Released: December 30, 1980
Type: Movie
The film is about village boy who became an enlisment officer and came back to Garabagh and fell in love with bey's daughter.
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Babek
Title: Babek
Character: Babak Al-Xurrami
Released: December 2, 1979
Type: Movie
It is an epic movie about an Azerbaijani martur-hero who revolted against the Arab invasion of the 7th century.
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Interrogation
Title: Interrogation
Character: Elmar
Released: February 18, 1979
Type: Movie
The investigator Seyfi Ganiyev runs the case of an illegal mercery shop's head Murad Abiyev, who confessed in embezzlement of one million rubles from public funds. Abiyev is also accused of the murder of an underage girls that occurred in Riga shortly after Abiyev saw her. He denies his guilt, but does not name the perpetrators though he knows them, despite the fact that he is facing the death penalty. The investigator understands that some high-ranking officials stand behind Abiyev, but he has no proof. Ganiyev seeks to obtain from the prisoner the whole truth to bring the criminals to justice.
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The Bay of Happiness
Title: The Bay of Happiness
Character: Izabek
Released: April 2, 1978
Type: Movie
The film is about the first oil-well in the world in the world in the 1920th.
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A Country House for One Family
Title: A Country House for One Family
Character: Ali
Released: February 13, 1978
Type: Movie
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The Stab in the Back
Title: The Stab in the Back
Character: Jabi
Released: October 3, 1977
Type: Movie
Young inspector investigates a murder in small town.
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Happiness Cares
Title: Happiness Cares
Character: Sanan
Released: August 1, 1977
Type: Movie
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Straight to the Volcano
Title: Straight to the Volcano
Character: Tahir
Released: March 28, 1977
Type: Movie
After the novellette of the same name of Mehdi Huseyn.
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Firangiz
Title: Firangiz
Character: Murad
Released: October 20, 1975
Type: Movie
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Dada Gorgud
Title: Dada Gorgud
Character: Beyrak
Released: September 2, 1975
Type: Movie
Legend of Azerbaijanian people "Kitabi Dada - Gorgud" is about damatic events, about Dada Gorgud.
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The Rider with Lightning in His Hand
Title: The Rider with Lightning in His Hand
Released: August 31, 1975
Type: Movie
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The First Hour of Life
Title: The First Hour of Life
Character: Azer
Released: September 16, 1974
Type: Movie
The film is about oilmen having different ideals and decisions, were also based on this same ideology, depiciting the heroism of oil workers, who never became exhausted and who continued working in oil, generation after generation. It was the oil workers who were always invincible, unconquerable and unyieling, in contrast with other characters who were shown as weak and who preferred to earn a living via easier means.
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Nasimi
Title: Nasimi
Character: Imadaddin Nasimi
Released: June 5, 1974
Type: Movie
The film is a biographical true story about life of Imadaddin Nasimi, well known throughout the East for his school of philosophy and thought, poems and promotion of moral values in a feudal society. During the 14th-15th centuries, when Azerbaijan was a stage for warring powers and civil wars, Nasimi was the only poet committed to promotion of humanism and moral values inflicting criticism on the ruling system and the society itself. For his intruding role in feudal regimes, Nasimi lived a complex and tragic life.
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The Avenger of Ganjabasar
Title: The Avenger of Ganjabasar
Character: Aziz
Released: May 26, 1974
Type: Movie
The film is about the rebellion in Ganja in 1919-1920 at the head of Gatir Mammad.
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Unusual Hunt
Title: Unusual Hunt
Character: Teacher
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
The film is devoted problems of protection of ecology.
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The Stars don't Fade
Title: The Stars don't Fade
Character: Sultanov
Released: March 20, 1971
Type: Movie
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Əlvida, Şmitd
Title: Əlvida, Şmitd
Character: Police
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Goodbye, Schmidt