The Lights of Baku
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Music by | Qara Qarayev |
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Release date | 1950 |
Running time | 84 minutes |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
The Lights of Baku (Russian: Огни Баку, romanized: Ogni Baku) is a 1950 Soviet drama film directed by Iosif Kheifits, Rza Tahmasib and Aleksandr Zarkhi.[1] The film portrays workers in the oil fields of Azerbaijan during the Second World War, when they were of great strategic importance. Scenes featuring Mikheil Gelovani as Joseph Stalin were later cut after the dictator's death when his cult of personality had come under attack from the new Soviet leadership.
The film's sets were designed by the art director .
Cast[]
- as Alibala Aliyev
- Merziyye Davudova as Anakhanim
- Nikolai Okhlopkov as Satrov
- as Mirvarid
- as Fuad
- Nikolay Kryuchkov as Paramanov
- as Qarsiya
- as Qadir
- Vladimir Gardin as Verfild
- Viktor Stanitsyn as Winston Churchill
- as The Oilman
- as Qara
- Mikheil Gelovani as Stalin
- as Sakin
- as Sakin
- Mikayil Mikayilov as Ingilis zabiti
- Nikolai Mordvinov as Lavrentiy Beriya (scenes deleted)
- Rza Tahmasib as Mir Cafar Bagirov
- as Waiter
- as Member of British mission
- as Charles Semmer
References[]
- ^ Rollberg p.500
Bibliography[]
- Rollberg, Peter. Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
External links[]
Categories:
- Russian-language films
- 1950 films
- Soviet films
- Soviet drama films
- 1950 drama films
- Films set in Azerbaijan
- Films directed by Rza Tahmasib
- Soviet black-and-white films
- 1950s Soviet film stubs