Cinema
Dada Gorgud
Dədə Qorqud
Tofig Taghizade · 1975
Synopsis
In the time of the Oghuz, the old sage Dədə Qorqud, who has seen many wars and misfortunes pass, urges his people to return to working the land. The film draws on the tales of Qazan and Beyrək: from its first images, it sets Alp Aruz against the khan Bayandır, then follows Qazan, Beyrək and Banıçiçək, and the shepherd Qaraca, through a series of battles in which love, friendship, brotherhood and loyalty to the country are at stake.
Context
The writer Anar drew the screenplay from the epic, taking his inspiration from the book as a whole rather than from a few tales, and the film was approved in two parts. Rasim İsmayılov was behind the camera, Emin Sabitoğlu wrote the music and Nadir Zeynalov designed the sets; Həsən Məmmədov plays Dədə Qorqud, Rasim Balayev Beyrək and Leyla Şıxlinskaya Banıçiçək. Shot in 1975, in Azerbaijani and Russian, it was released in 1977 in Soviet cinemas under the Russian title Svet pogasšikh kostrov.
Who it is for
Two episodes, a little over two hours; it helps to know the outline of the Book of Dədə Qorqud.
Prizes and reception
Distributed throughout the Soviet Union, it is still the subject of study, including one published in 2024 on the part played in it by ideology.
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