
Ambassador of the Dawn
2012-11-22 · 150 min · Not rated
Tells the story of the life and multifaceted heritage of Mirza Fatali Akhundzadeh , the founder of Azerbaijani drama, a great public figure, who left an indelible mark on the history of Azerbaijani and Middle Eastern literature . The film depicts three periods of the playwright's life - childhood, youth and old age.
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- Directors
- Ramiz Hasanoghlu
- Production companies
- Azerbaijanfilm
- Countries
- Azerbaijan
- Status
- Released
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Rasim BalayevMirzə Fətəli Axundzadə
Melahat AbbasovaTubu khanum
Gunesh MehdizadehNise khanum
Parviz MammadrzayevKhanbaba
Rafiz MehdizadehRashid
Khalida AlimammadovaKhanperi
Ramiz AzizbeyliHaji Gara
Ahmet UzFuat pasha
Mammad SafaHasan bey Zardabi
Eldar BaghirbeyovAleksandr Bestujev-Marlinski
Bakhtiyar KhanizadehAkhund Alasgar
Ayshad MammadovMirza Shafi Vazeh
Elman RafiyevFriedrich von Bodenstedt
Yuri BaliyevMikhail Vorontsov
Kamran YunisMammad Taghi
Gulzar GurbanovaNane
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