Adil Isgandarov
Actor · 1910 – 1978 · Elizavetpol, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire
Adil Rza bey oglu Isgandarov (Azerbaijani: Adil İsgəndərov) was an Azerbaijani theatre and film director, actor, first People's Artist of the USSR from Transcaucasia. Isgandarov joined amateur pioneers association at 10. When he was 13, he played role as Karam in "Gachag Karam" play. After gaining fame in Ganja, he was brought to Baku. Isgandarov got his first education in director-actor field in Baku Technical School of Theatre. After graduation he got professional experience in Moscow from 1932 to 1936 and graduated from Lunacharsky State Institute for Theatre Arts in 1936. After returning to Baku, he worked at Azerbaijan State Academic National Drama Theatre as director, then chief director from 1936 to 1960. Isgandarov also worked at Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts named after Mirzaagha Aliyev from 1937 to 1956. He was elected as depute in 1955 and 1959 for Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR. Isgandarov served as director of Azerbaijanfilm named after Jafar Jabbarli from 1966 to 1974.
Movies15
- MovieDramaAdventure
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.
Movie1.0DramaCrimeThe film is about the public prosecutor who fought against the criminality but was killed by them.
Movie5.4ComedyMusicA famous botanist, Monsieur Jordan is a guest in Garabagh to Hatamkhan Agha. Hatamkhan Agha's nephew wants to go to France with Jordan in order to study. His family and lover try to discourage him and consult to Darvish Mastali Shah. Mastali Shah decides to use magic and explode Paris.
Movie9.5DramaMusicThe film is about famous Chechen ballet and folk dancer Mahmud Essembayev's life.
Movie9.0DramaHistoryThe film consists of several novels reproducing the most vivid pages of the biography of the first Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of Azerbaijan Nariman Narimanov (1870-1925).
Movie6.4ComedyMusicPopularly 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.
Movie8.5ComedyMusicFilm is about conflicts between neighbours and a celebration of love.
MovieComedyMusicA musical TV film about the creation of the Song Theater by Rashid Beibutov, telling humorous stories related to it.
Movie6.0DramaWarThe film portrays the life of the legendary Azerbaijani guerrilla of the Second World War Mehdi Huseynzadeh, who fought the Nazi forces in the present-day Italy and Slovenia, hence the film's name On distant shores referring to the Adriatic Sea.
Movie5.6DramaCrimeYoung inspector investigates a murder in small town.
Movie5.2RomanceThe legendary love story of Ferhat and Sirin.
Movie7.2HistoryDramaThe film is about dramatic revolutionary events happened in 1918 in Baku.
Movie1.0DramaRomanceAfter the literary work of the same name of Nizami Ganjavi and Mahammad Fuzuli. The film is about pure love of two young people.
Movie7.7DramaAdventureChildhood friends Ahmet and Nuri, the sons of poor farmers, grew up together, studied together, and worked together in a factory. Together, they publish the magazine Light, which opposes the colonial policies of foreign capital and military pacts. After their first imprisonment, the friends' paths diverge: Nuri betrays his convictions and joins a reactionary newspaper. His life is now safe, but he finds no joy or peace. Meanwhile, Ahmet, having become one of the main enemies of the reactionaries, attracts more and more patriots to his side.
Movie1.0DramaActionBased on a novel by Farman Karimzade, the movie shows the life in an Azerbaijani village under the Soviet rule in 1930s. Here two former "beys" (land owners) are opposing each other. One is loyal to the ideology of the past and can't reconcile himself to the new power, to second rejects the past and accepts the power of the Bolsheviks, believing that it will establish justice.