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The Cloth Peddler (1917 Film)
''The Cloth Peddler'' ( az, Arşın Mal Alan) was a full-length Azerbaijani silent comedy film made in the capital city Baku in pre-Soviet Union 1917, based on the operetta by the Azerbaijani composer Uzeyir Hajibeyov. Plot Set in Baku at the turn of the 20th century, a young successful businessman Asgar ( Huseynqulu Sarabski) wishes to marry. He wants his bride to be the choice of his heart, however, Azerbaijani tradition restricted him from communicating with the lady as a lover before marriage. So Asgar decides to disguise himself as a mere cloth peddler and the young woman ''Guelchoehra'' ( Ahmed Aghdamski) falls in love with him. However, she is concerned that her father, Soltan bey ( Alakbar Huseynzade) will not allow her to marry a cloth peddler. Young Asgar then reveals himself to her father and asks for her hand in marriage. Seeing that he is indeed a wealthy young man, the father agrees and the two are permitted to marry. Cast * Huseynqulu Sarabski (''Asgar''), * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Svetlov
Boris Svetlov was a Russian film director and actor who worked in the Cinema of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani cinema in the mid to late 1910s and Lenfilm Studio in 1919–1926. He directed the 1917 film The Cloth Peddler (1917 film), The Cloth Peddler. Filmography *The Cloth Peddler (1917 film), The Cloth Peddler (1917) - full-length silent comedy * (1916) - full-length feature film *Arvadlar Ərlərini Mənsəbə Necə Çatdırırlar (1916) - full-length feature film *Barefoot Love (1916) - short feature film *Prince Demir Bulat (1916)(Tammetrajlı Bədii Film) *In the Kingdom of Oil and Millions(1916) - full-length feature film *An Hour Before Death (1916) - full-length feature film *A New-Style Old Story (1916) - short feature film *The Story of One Humiliation (1919) - full-length feature film *Bortsy Za Svetloye Tsarstvo Tretyego Internatsionala (FIGHTERS FOR THE BRIGHT KINGDOM OF THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL) (1919) - propaganda film *Vse Pod Ruzhyo (ALL TO ARMS) (1919) - propaganda f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Olenskaya
Alexandra () is the feminine form of the given name Alexander (, ). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; GEN , ; meaning 'man'). Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "protector of man". The name Alexandra was one of the epithets given to the Greek goddess Hera and as such is usually taken to mean "one who comes to save warriors". The earliest attested form of the name is the Mycenaean Greek ( or //), written in the Linear B syllabic script.Tablet MY V 659 (61). Alexandra and its masculine equivalent, Alexander, are both common names in Greece as well as countries where Germanic, Romance, and Slavic languages are spoken. Variants * Alejandra, Alejandrina (diminutive) (Spanish) * Aleksandra (Александра) (Albanian, Bulgarian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian) * Alessandra (Italian) * Alessia (Italian) * Alex (various languages) * Alexa (English, Rom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |