

Nizami
1982-06-01 · 126 min · ★ 7.5
The historical film about great Azerbaijan poet and philosopher Nizami Ganjavi's life.
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- Directors
- Eldar Guliyev
- Production companies
- Azerbaijanfilm, Mosfilm
- Countries
- Soviet Union
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Hamida OmarovaPari Afag
Mukhtar ManiyevGazi
Muslim MagomayevNizami Ganjavi
Hasanagha TurabovMuzaffari
Aladdin AbbasovKhagani Shirvani
Hadjimurad YegizarovGizil (Qizil) Arslan
Ahmad SalahovZeyd
Shahmar AlakbarovOsman
Hamlet XanizadehAbu Bakr
Sadykh GusejnovFather
Eldaniz RasulovMakhan/Bashir
Aliqulu SamadovBashir
Suleyman Ahmadov
Mayak Kerimov
Bakhadur AliyevDrunk
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