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August 1922. An American journalist, Jerry Thompson, travels to the Soviet Union and arrives in Azerbaijan. He visits the settlement of Mardakan in Baku. There, he meets an elderly man at a villa. Thompson can hardly believe what he hears. Standing before him is Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, a once-great oil producer, millionaire, and philanthropist who lost all his wealth after the establishment of Soviet rule. Haji recounts his life story to the guest, a journey that saw him rise from a humble mason to an influential oil industrialist.Read moreLess
August 1922. An American journalist, Jerry Thompson, travels to the Soviet Union and arrives in Azerbaijan. He visits the settlement of Mardakan in Baku. There, he meets an elderly man at a villa. Thompson can hardly believe what he hears. Standing before him is Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, a once-great oil producer, millionaire, and philanthropist who lost all his wealth after the establishment of Soviet rule. Haji recounts his life story to the guest, a journey that saw him rise from a humble mason to an influential oil industrialist.
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August 1922. An American journalist, Jerry Thompson, travels to the Soviet Union and arrives in Azerbaijan. He visits the settlement of Mardakan in Baku. There, he meets an elderly man at a villa. Thompson can hardly believe what he hears. Standing before him is Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, a once-great oil producer, millionaire, and philanthropist who lost all his wealth after the establishment of Soviet rule. Haji recounts his life story to the guest, a journey that saw him rise from a humble mason to an influential oil industrialist.
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Parviz MammadrzayevHaji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev
Gurban IsmailovOld Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev
Nofel Shahlaroglu
Manaf DadashovCast
Elshan RustamovCast
Rovshan MammadliCast
Rasim JafarCast
Mammad SafaCast
Natavan HaciyevaCast
Shamil IbrahimovNajmeddinExplore the crew
- Director
- Zaur Gasimli
- Director of Photography
- Vladimir Artemyev
- Editor
- Əsgər Rəhimov
- Producer
- Orman Aliyev
- Screenplay
- Ismayil Imanov
- Screenplay
- Asif Isgandarli
- Screenplay
- Zaur Gasimli
- Original Music Composer
- Etibar Əsədli