Nasiba Zeynalova

Acting

Nasiba Zeynalova

Born — Died

1916-04-20 — 2004-03-10

Place of birth

Baku, Baku Governorate, Russian Empire [now Azerbaijan]

Known for

Acting

Credits

27 titles

Nasiba Zeynalova was born in Baku (then part of the Russian Empire, present-day capital of Azerbaijan), the daughter of merchant and stage actor Jahangir Zeynalov. The family fled to Iran just before the Azeri massacre of March 1918 committed by Bolshevik military units in Baku. Her father died during their trip back home in September 1918, via the Caspian Sea. While in secondary school she attended dance courses. In 1932 she joined Rza Tahmasib's drama club. In 1937 she joined a vagrant theatre troupe and toured several Azerbaijani towns. In 1938 she started working at the Azerbaijan State Theatre of Musical Comedy. She earned a degree at the Baku School of Theatre. In the following years …

Known for

Film credits

2000s · 3 titles

1980s · 9 titles

The Name Is Yours, The Taste Is Mine poster
NR

Galyanali wants to marry Gamza because of her property and garden. Hamza is Gamza's ex-lover from whom she broke up. It turns out that Gamza marries Hamza, not Galyanali. Galyanali's trick doesn't work. She also has Hamza's name and taste...

The Name Is Yours, The Taste Is Mine

1980

Don't Be Afraid, I'm with You poster
6.8

In early 20th-century Azerbaijan, two circus artists travel to a village where one of them was born, unaware of the danger and adventure that await them.

Don't Be Afraid, I'm with You

1981

Hijran poster
NR

Performed by the Azerbaijan State Musical Comedy Theater in 1983.

Hijran

1983

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Taste

1984

Unusual Meetings poster
NR

In the film-performance, actress Nasiba Zeynalova once again encounters the characters she has created over many years.

Unusual Meetings

1988

The Window of Sadness poster
5.2

Film about growing up in a small village in Azerbaijan.

The Window of Sadness

1986

The Kidnapping of Groom poster
6.3

Being unable to shoot a film about Azerbaijani wedding customs, hopeless director decide to make a film about real wedding event. Though the stubborn father of bride resists approval the plan.

The Kidnapping of Groom

1985

Magic Lantern poster
NR

Nazim, a visionary and a dreamer, accidentally finds himself in a cave, where he meets an old woman who has seven sons. Nazim lied to them that he was an excellent student at school and they decided to check him out. And no matter what the boy did, no matter what he said, the "magic lantern" pointed out all his lies…

Magic Lantern

1987

In Front of a Closed Door poster
7.7

Murad, the favorite of the entire court, has just returned from prison, where he ultimately took the blame for his friend's crime. All this time, his fiancée Gul waited for him, and now they are getting married. Meanwhile, behind one of the doors overlooking Murad's garden, a woman's scream can be heard from time to time, but the neighbors do nothing. Will Murad be able to rise above the general indifference to his neighbor's affairs and help the unfortunate woman?

In Front of a Closed Door

1981

1970s · 7 titles

1960s · 6 titles