
Acting
Mustafa Mardanov
Born — Died
1894-02-27 — 1968-12-28
Place of birth
Marand, Iranian Azerbaijan
Known for
Acting
Credits
18 titles
Mustafa Mardanov was born on March 10, 1894 in the city of Merend in Iranian Azerbaijan. In 1916 he graduated from the Tiflis Men's Gymnasium. From 1922 to 1924 he studied at the Moscow State Institute of Theater Arts. Stage activity began in 1910 in the Tiflis Muslim Drama Circle. His first roles in the theater were the roles of Haji Ganbar ("From the rain and under the downpour" by Najaf-bek Vezirov), Karamali ("Haji Kara" Mirza Fatali Akhundova), Adham ("Nadir Shah" Nariman Narimanov). From 1921 to 1922 Mardanov was the director of the Tiflis Azerbaijani Theater. Since 1924 he has been performing on the stage of the Azerbaijan State Drama Theater. Here he created a series of images of Aze…
Known for
4.5Religiously 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.
In the Name of God
1925
6.5Young engineer is fighting against conservatives who don't want to find new oil deposits.
The New Skyline
1941
7.0The film is dedicated to the life and creative work of the great Azerbaijani educator, playwright, and philosopher, Mirza Fatali Akhundov, affectionately known as Sabuhi, meaning “man of the morning.”
Sabuhi
1941
8.0After the comedy of the same name of Mirza Fatali Akhundov.
Hadji Gara
1929
5.8After the play of same name of Jafar Jabbarli. This melodrama is about the woman who had unhappy homelife and tried to free herself from shariat rules.
Sevil
1929
7.0A historical film about the struggle in the 18th century of the young ruler of the Kuban Khanate, Fatali Khan, who sought to unite the scattered khanates into a single Azerbaijani state.
Fatali Khan
1947
Film credits
1960s · 4 titles
9.5The film is about famous Chechen ballet and folk dancer Mahmud Essembayev's life.
The Labour and Rose
1963
6.0When his parents try to marry him to their neighbors' daughter, Ahmad runs away from home and his family try to find him.
Where is Ahmad?
1964
1.0The film is about the public prosecutor who fought against the criminality but was killed by them.
In the Name of the Law
1968
NRAfter the novel of the same name of Mehdi Huseyn.
The Morning
1960
1950s · 3 titles
6.4Popularly known by the name of the main character, "Mashadi Ibad" was based on a musical comedy by composer Uzeyir Hajibeyov and written in the early 1900s. The story is based on the age old-theme of a beautiful young woman Gulnaz who falls in love with a young man Sarvar but is obliged to marry someone else.
If Not This, Then That
1958
Based on the novel of the same name of Mehdi Huseyn. Engineer-geologist Imanov assembles a young team to explore presumed oil reserves beneath the Black Rocks despite his superior Halilov’s bans. When the ministry greenlights offshore drilling, Halilov’s sabotage and political attacks only strengthen Imanov and his colleagues’ resolve to prove the field’s potential.
The Black Stones
1956
3.3The film is about Azerbaijanian and Uzbekistan's cotton-growers contest and about two young people's love.
The Meeting
1955
1940s · 3 titles
6.5Young engineer is fighting against conservatives who don't want to find new oil deposits.
The New Skyline
1941
7.0The film is dedicated to the life and creative work of the great Azerbaijani educator, playwright, and philosopher, Mirza Fatali Akhundov, affectionately known as Sabuhi, meaning “man of the morning.”
Sabuhi
1941
7.0A historical film about the struggle in the 18th century of the young ruler of the Kuban Khanate, Fatali Khan, who sought to unite the scattered khanates into a single Azerbaijani state.
Fatali Khan
1947
1930s · 4 titles
6.0Latif a seven year old boy living during the collectivization policy in USSR.
Latif
1930
4.2Docu-drama about political and military conflict during the Russian Civil War in 1918, from an orthodox pro-Communist viewpoint.
26 Commissioners
1933
9.2The film is about the revolution which began bacause of dissemination of Bolshevik ideas among workers.
Baku's People
1938
6.3A historical revolutionary film depicting the struggle of peasants and the Baku proletariat against landowners and Musavatists in 1919.
The Peasants
1939
1920s · 4 titles
4.5Religiously 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.
In the Name of God
1925
8.0After the comedy of the same name of Mirza Fatali Akhundov.
Hadji Gara
1929
5.8After the play of same name of Jafar Jabbarli. This melodrama is about the woman who had unhappy homelife and tried to free herself from shariat rules.
Sevil
1929
NRThe film is about the opposition between working-class people and the certain power.
On Different Shores
1926
