In the Name of God

Synopsis

Religiously themed early Soviet propaganda film in Azerbaijan against Islam. Unlike earlier propaganda films in the region, this was actually made by an (nearly) all Azeri cast and crew and directed by an Azeri filmmaker that would go on to be famous amongst his own people, despite his early collusion with the new ruling government. At the center of the film is a greed Molla (holy man in Azeri Islam) who has been cheating one of the local peasants for years out of all types of goods and services, and then delighting over his success in an very un-religious, specifically un-Islamic, way. Once the Revolution takes place and the Bolsheviks arrive, the peasant is empowered and realizes the deception on the part of the Molla and takes him to the newly set up "People's Court," where is finds justice and the Molla is punished.

Main Cast

Mirzaagha Aliyev

Molla Mirza Abdurrahim

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Mustafa Mardanov

Muzdur Gulu

Age : 74 | Popularity : 4%

Ibrahim Azeri

Jafar

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Mirseyfaddin Kirmanshahli

Bey

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Kazim Ziya

Molla Rovzakhan

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Mohsun Sanani

Gochu

Age : 80 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Screenplay	Pavel Blyakhin
Directing	Director	Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh
Camera	Director of Photography	Arkadi Yalovoy
Department	Role	Name

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