Haji Gara (Azerbaijani: Hacı Qara) is a 1929 Soviet adventure comedy-drama produced by the Azgoskino film studio, which is an adaptation of the play of the same name by Mirza Fatali Akhundov.
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Synopsis
The film tells about the life of peasants. On 3 October 1927, the script was read for the first time at the Azgoskino film studio. The director Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh began preparations for filming in 1927. This film is the first in the career of Jafar Jabbarli as a screenwriter, the first work in the cinema of actors Aziza Mammadova and Ali Gurbanov. The film was released on 9 March 1929, in production the film was called Sona.
Filmmakers
Cast
Mirzaagha Aliyev - Haji Gara
Mustafa Mardanov - Karamaly
K. Vyaznova - Sona
Aghasadyg Garaybeyli - Asger bey
M. A. Gayyubov — Heydar
Sidgi Ruhulla - Aliyar bey
Marziya Davudova - Tukaz
Y. Hajigasimov - Safaraly
Hajiagha Shahbazov - Bayramali bey, Sona's father
Aziza Mammadova - Gulsum, Sona's mother
Rustam Kazimov
N. Hasanov
A. Mirzayev
Ali Gurbanov - ashik
Ashraf Yusifzade
Crew
original text: Mirza Fatali Akhundov
Screenwriter: Jafar Jabbarli
director and editor: Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh
director of photography: Ivan Tartakovsky
production designer: Alexander Goncharsky
composer: D. Jabari
artistic director: Vsevolod Pudovkin
assistant director: Agharza Guliyev