In the Name of God (film)
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Azerbaijani: Bismillah Russian: Бисмиллах | |
Directed by | Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh |
Written by | Pavel Blyakhin |
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Running time | 57 minutes[1] |
Country | Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic |
Language | silent film (Russian credits) |
Bismillah (Azerbaijani: Bismillah, lit. 'In the Name of God'; Russian: Бисмиллах) is a 1925 Soviet Azerbaijani propaganda film, the first film by the Azerbaijani director Abbas-Mirza Sharifzade, it is a silent film drama (Russian subtitles) about religious fanaticism and with an anti-Islamic theme.[2][3] The movie was shot at a time when there was a fight against the Islamic religion in the country. The film was considered a significant success of Azerbaijani cinematography, and starred a nearly all-Azerbaijani cast.
Plot summary
The film takes place before the
The peasant doesn't know what to do with his feelings of doubt and decides to speak with the Mullah, an Islamic religious leader.[1] The Mullah was able to find out from him the names of the participants in the underground meeting from speaking with the peasant. A wave of arrests swept through the village, and among those arrested was the peasant.[1] Once a Revolution takes place and the Bolsheviks arrive, the peasant is empowered and realizes the deception on the part of the Mullah. He decides to take the Mullah to the newly established "People's Court" where he finds justice.
History
On 22 April 1925, the newspaper Bakinsky Rabochiy wrote that the shooting of the film Bismillah based to the script of Pavel Blyakhin,[4] and entrusted to Sharifzade. The newspaper Kommunist on 27 April, wrote that it, “was filmed with the participation of the Turkic (i.e., Azerbaijani) actors”.[5] On 1 June of the same year, a film studio was opened at the State Film Factory, the director's part of which was headed by Abbas Mirza Sharifzade. Ajdar Nejad, on 31 May 1925 in the newspaper Kommunist, wrote that the movie In the Name of God, which stopped a year before for some reason, had been filming for a month already under the administration of Sharifzade, and that it would be presented no later than 25 July in the honour of Muharram.[6]
On 13 July, the film Bismillah was shown to students, artists and invited spectators. On 24 July, the Berlin cinematographers returning from
The screenplay writer
After Sharifzade was executed in 1938, his name was cut from the credits of all the films he shot.[10]
Cast
- Mustafa Märdanov, a hired servant
- Ibrahim Azeri , as Jafar
- Mirzaagha Aliyev, as Mullah
- Kazım Ziya , as Mullah
- Mohsun Sanani
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Яндекс". Kinopoisk.ru. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ^ История Азербайджана. Vol. III. Baku: Издательство Академии наук Азербайджанской ССР. 1958. p. 482.
- ISBN 978-0-253-03787-9.
- ^ Aydin Kazimzade (August 25, 2010). ""Bismillah" filminin 85 yaşı tamam olur" (in Azerbaijani). medeniyyet.az. Archived from the original on October 13, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
- ^ Mămmădli 1985, p. 117.
- ^ Mămmădli 1985, p. 118.
- ^ Mămmădli 1985, p. 120.
- ^ Mămmădli 1985, p. 124.
- ISBN 978-1-4422-6842-5.
- ^ Elnur Astanbayli (July 11, 2019). ""Bismillah"-dan 85 il sonra yaranan sual: ateizm cinayətdirmi?" (in Azerbaijani). azlogos.eu. Archived from the original on January 4, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
Literature
- Mămmădli, Gulam (1985). Abbas Mirzə Şərifzadə [Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh (collection of documents telling about life, creativity and work)] (in Azerbaijani). Baku: İshig. p. 242.