In the Name of God (1925)

ALL 11/17/1925 (ru) Drama 57 Min
  • Release
    11/17/1925
  • Production
    Azerbaijanfilm
  • Rotten tomato
    37%
  • Original title
    Во имя Бога
  • Original language
    ru
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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.

  1. Story

  2. Editor

  3. Producer



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Casts

  1. Mirzaagha Aliyev

    Molla Mirza Abdurrahim

  2. Mustafa Mardanov

    Muzdur Gulu

  3. Ibrahim Azeri

    Jafar

  4. Mirseyfaddin Kirmanshahli

    Bey

  5. Kazim Ziya

    Molla Rovzakhan

  6. Mohsun Sanani

    Gochu

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 6 , Crews : 3

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In the Name of God (1925) 57 Min

ALL 11/17/1925 (ru)
Drama
  • Release 11/17/1925
  • Production
    Azerbaijanfilm
  • Original title Во имя Бога
  • ru
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer