''The Lights of Baku'' (russian: Огни Баку, Ogni Baku) is a 1950 Soviet
drama film directed by
Iosif Kheifits,
Rza Tahmasib
Rza Abbasgulu oglu Tahmasib ( az, Rza Təhmasib; 20 April 1894, Nakhchivan City – 14 February 1980, Baku) was an Azerbaijani film director and actor. He also worked as a professor of theatre, and translator of play scripts from Russian into Az ...
and
Aleksandr Zarkhi
Aleksandr Grigoryevich Zarkhi (russian: Александр Григорьевич Зархи; 18 February 1908 – 27 January 1997) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. People's Artist of the USSR (1969). Hero of Socialist ...
.
[Rollberg p.500] The film portrays workers in the
oil fields of
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of t ...
during the
Second World War, when they were of great strategic importance. Scenes featuring
Mikheil Gelovani
Mikheil Gelovani ( ka, მიხეილ გელოვანი, Russified as Михаи́л Гео́ргиевич Гелова́ни, ''Mikhail Georgievich Gelovani''; – 21 December 1956) was a Soviet and Georgian actor, known for his n ...
as
Joseph Stalin were later cut after the dictator's death when his
cult of personality
A cult of personality, or a cult of the leader, Mudde, Cas and Kaltwasser, Cristóbal Rovira (2017) ''Populism: A Very Short Introduction''. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 63. is the result of an effort which is made to create an id ...
had come under attack from the new Soviet leadership.
The film's sets were designed by the
art director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film and television, the Internet, and video games.
It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the visi ...
Mikhail Yuferov.
Cast
References
Bibliography
* Rollberg, Peter. ''Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
External links
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1950 films
Soviet drama films
1950 drama films
1950s Russian-language films
Films set in Baku
Films directed by Rza Tahmasib
Soviet black-and-white films
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