Bismillah (1925)
Also known as In the Name of God
1925 · Silent film · 57 min · dir. Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh
- Drama
Synopsis
Religiously themed early Soviet propaganda film in Azerbaijan against Islam. Unlike earlier propaganda films in the region, this was actually made by an (nearly) all Azeri cast and crew and directed by an Azeri filmmaker that would go on to be famous amongst his own people, despite his early collusion with the new ruling government. At the center of the film is a greed Molla (holy man in Azeri Islam) who has been cheating one of the local peasants for years out of all types of goods and…
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Details
- Director
- Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh
- Writer
- Pavel Blyakhin
- Cinematography
- Arkadi Yalovoy
- Studio
- Azerbaijanfilm
- Released
- 1925-11-17
- Original title
- Во имя Бога
- Running time
- 57 minutes
Cast & crew
Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh Director
Mirzaagha Aliyev
Mustafa Mardanov- Ibrahim Azeri
- Mirseyfaddin Kirmanshahli
Kazim Ziya
Mohsun Sanani
