In the name of God (film)

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In the name of God
Film Bismillah.jpg
Cadre from film "Bismillah"
Azerbaijani: Bismillah
Directed byAbbas Mirza Sharifzadeh
Written byPavel Blyakhin
Starring
Production
company
Release date
  • 1925 (1925)
Running time
57 min.
CountryAzerbaijan
Languagesilent film (Russian credits)

"In the name of God" or "Bismillah" (Azerbaijani: Bismillah) is the first film by the Azerbaijani director Abbas-Mirza Sharifzade, filmed in 1925 on an anti-religious theme.[1] The movie was shot at a time when there was a fight against the Islamic religion in the country. The film "In the Name of God" was considered a significant success of Azerbaijan's cinematography.

Film’s history[]

On 22 April 1925, the newspaper "Bakinsky Rabochiy" wrote that the shooting of the film "Bismillah" according to the script of Pavel Blyakhin[2] was entrusted to Sharifzade. The newspaper "Kommunist" on 27 April, wrote that it “was filmed with the participation of the Turkic (meaning Azerbaijani) actors”.[3] 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.[4]

On 13 July, the film "Bismillah" was shown to students, artists and invited spectators. On 24 July, the Berlin cinematographers returning from Iran, being in the photo-cinematography department of Azerbaijan, wished to send the film "Bismillah" and a number of other films to Berlin. "Sovkino" ordered 12 copies of the film. In October, the film was shown in Moscow too. In Kharkov, 4 copies of this movie were also ordered for Ukraine.[5] Asad Tahir wrote that such Western films as “Muslim Woman”, “Istanbul Beggar”, “The Thief of Bagdad” cannot compete with the film “Bismillah” in terms of the oriental themes presentation, since this movie itself “was filmed in the East, by an oriental production, with eastern actors. Aziz Sharif wrote that by shooting the film “Bismillah”, Abbas-Mirza Sharifzade proved that he is a gifted director.[6] The Soviet government actively used this film in the anti-Islamic propaganda.

After Sharifzade was repressed, his name was cut from the credits of all the films he shot.[7]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ История Азербайджана. Vol. III. Baku: Издательство Академии наук Азербайджанской ССР. 1958. p. 482.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Mammadli 1985, p. 117.
  4. ^ Mammadli 1985, p. 118.
  5. ^ Mammadli 1985, p. 120.
  6. ^ Mammadli 1985, p. 124.
  7. ^ 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[]

  • Gulam Mammadli (1985). Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh (collection of documents telling about life, creativity and work). Baku: İshig. p. 242.

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