Nizami

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Nizami

1982

2h 6m

7.2(5 votes)

Drama

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The historical film about great Azerbaijan poet and philosopher Nizami Ganjavi's life.

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22 members

Acting

Həmidə Ömərova

Pari Afag

Acting

Muxtar Maniyev

Gazi

Acting

Müslüm Maqomayev

Nizami Ganjavi

Acting

Həsənağa Turabov

Muzaffari

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Aladdin Abbasov

Khagani Shirvani

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Hadjimurad Yegizarov

Gizil (Qizil) Arslan

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Əhməd Salahov

Zeyd

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Gulnara Sayaliyeva

Rana

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Şahmar Ələkbərov

Osman

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Hamlet Xanızadə

Abu Bakr

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Vsevolod Yagut

Mutazzil

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Rasmi Jabrailov

Jeweller

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Farkhad Yusufov

Isgandar

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Irada Akimova

Unknown Role

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Sadıq Hüseynov

Father

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Eldəniz Rəsulov

Makhan/Bashir

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Əliqulu Səmədov

Bashir

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Suleyman Ahmadov

Unknown Role

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Mayak Kərimov

Unknown Role

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Bahadur Əliyev

Drunk

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Bakhtiyar Karimov

Unknown Role

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Ramiz Novruzov

Darband Emissary

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