Overview
Plot
In August 1922, American journalist Jerry Thompson travels to Soviet Azerbaijan and meets Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, a former oil magnate and philanthropist who lost his wealth under Soviet rule. Taghiyev recounts his rise from mason to influential industrialist.
- Directors
- Zaur Gasimli
- Cast
- Parviz Mammadrzayev, Gurban Ismailov, Nofel Shahlaroglu, Manaf Dadashov, Elshan Rustamov, Rovshan Mammadli, Nurlan Mürsəlzadə, Yusif Qasımlı, Rasim Jafar, Mammad Safa, Natavan Haciyeva, Shamil Ibrahimov
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Genre
- Drama, History
- Release date
- 2024-11-07
- Studios
- Baku Media Center, Heydar Aliyev Foundation, Azerbaijan Republic Ministry of Culture
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Jerry Thompson, an American journalist, arrives in Azerbaijan in August 1922 and visits the Mardakan settlement in Baku. At a villa, he encounters an elderly man whose identity astonishes him: Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, once a great oil producer, millionaire, and philanthropist, now stripped of his wealth after the Soviet takeover. Taghiyev shares with Thompson the story of his life, from humble mason to powerful oil industrialist.
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