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  • Bismillah (1925)
  • 57 min | Drama, History
Bismillah (1925)
57 min | Drama, History
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 ...See moreReligiously 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 services, and then delighting over his success in an very un-religious, specifically un-Islamic, way. Once the Revolution takes place and the Bolsheviks arrive, the peasant is empowered and realizes the deception on the part of the Molla and takes him to the newly set up "People's Court," where is finds justice and the Molla is punished. Written by SindyMac See less
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Director
Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh (as Abas Mizra Sharifzadeh)
Writers
Pavel Blyakhin | Igor Savchenko (screenplay) | Arkadi Yalovoy
Cinematographers
Pavel Blyakhin | A. Yakovlev | Arkadi Yalovoy
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Updated Nov 17, 1925
Release date
1925 (Soviet Union)

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13 cast members
Name Known for
Huseyn Seyidzadeh
Fahla Fahla   See fewer
O Olmasin, Bu Olsun (1956)
Aga-Rza Kuliyev
Sharif (as Agarza Quliyev) Sharif (as Agarza Quliyev)   See fewer
Ulduz (1964)
Aliya Teregulova
Actress Actress   See fewer
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Zahra Seyidzadeh
Actress Actress   See fewer
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Rugiyya Seyidzadeh
Actress Actress   See fewer
Bismillah (1925)
Mirzaagha Aliyev
Molla (as M.A. Aliyev) Molla (as M.A. Aliyev)   See fewer
Arshin Takes a Wife (1945)
I. Azeri
Jafar Jafar   See fewer
Qiz qalasi (1924)
M. Kirmanshahli
Actor Actor   See fewer
Gilan qizi (1928)
Mustafa Märdanov
Gulu (as M. Mardanov) Gulu (as M. Mardanov)   See fewer
Görüs (1955)
Mövsüm Sänäni
Actor (as Movsoum Sanani) Actor (as Movsoum Sanani)   See fewer
O Olmasin, Bu Olsun (1956)
Tatyana Vishnevskaya
Hokuma (as T. Vishnevskaya) Hokuma (as T. Vishnevskaya)   See fewer
Metskhre talga (1926)
K. Vyazanova
Zeynab Zeynab   See fewer
Haji gara (1929)
Kazim Ziya
Actor (as K. Ziya) Actor (as K. Ziya)   See fewer
Qiz qalasi (1924)
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