''The Cloth Peddler'' ( az, Arşın Mal Alan) is a 1945 Azerbaijani

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musical film made in Baku, based on the operetta '' Arshin Mal Alan'' by the famous Azerbaijani composer

Uzeyir Hajibeyov Uzeyir bey Abdulhuseyn oghlu Hajibeyov ( az, Üzeyir bəy Əbdülhüseyn oğlu Hacıbəyov; russian: Узеир Абдул-Гусейн оглы Гаджибеков, translit=Uzeir Abdul-Guseyn ogly Gadzhibekov; September 18, 1885November 23, 19 ...

Plot

Set in Baku at the turn of the 20th century, a young successful businessman Asgar (

Rashid Behbudov Rashid Behbudov ( az, Rəşid Məcid oğlu Behbudov, Azerbaijani Cyrillic: Рашид Бейбутов; 14 December 1915 – 9 June 1989) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani singer and actor. Rashid Behbudov was born in Tbilisi in 1915. His father, ...

) wishes to marry. He wants his bride to be the choice of his heart, but Azerbaijani tradition restricted him from communicating with the lady as a lover before marriage. So he decides to disguise himself as a mere cloth peddler and the young woman, Gulchoehra ( Leyla Badirbayli,) 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

- Asgar * Leyla Badirbayli - Guelchohra * Alakbar Huseynzade - Soltan bey *

Munavvar Kalantarli Munavvar Samad qizi Kalantarli ( az, Münəvvər Kələntərli) (1912, Lankaran – 1962, Baku) was an Azerbaijani actress and folk singer. Career Born to a wealthy landowner family descended from Iranian émigrés, Munavvar "Mina" Kalantarli rec ...

- Jahan khala * Ismayil Afandiyev - Suleyman * Rahila Mustafayeva - Asya * Lutfali Abdullayev - Vali *

Mirzaagha Aliyev Mirza Agha Aliyev ( az, Mirzəağa Əliyev; 1883 in Hövsan (Baku) – October 25, 1954 in Baku) was an Azerbaijani actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1949).Большая Советская Энциклопедия. Гл. ред. А. М. Про ...

About movie

*The film has been shown in 136 countries and translated into 86 languages. *The film was re-mastered and colorized in 2013 in

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at the expense of the

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of Azerbaijan. *The 1945 film was shot in black-and-white in the midst of Soviet engagement in

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*The Ministry of Culture and Tourism brought a copy of the film "Arshin Mal Alan" in the

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Film Foundation to Baku with the financial support of the International Bank, and organized a re-translation of it into Azerbaijani. The film was shown for the first time at its 60th anniversary on 16 May 2006. *The film was screened at the Le Balzac Cinema in France in March 2018 within the framework of the Week of Foreign Films.

Colorization

On the initiative of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, the film was colorized and remastered in Los Angeles in 2012-2013. Its colorized version was premiered in Baku in December 2013. The colorized version of ''Arshin Mal Alan'' (''The Cloth Peddler''), was shown on 19 September 2015 in Hollywood by the Consulate General of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles

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