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The PFOA-produced bi-serial "The Maiden Tower Legeng" (film director - V. V. Vallyuzek) was screened in 1924. The film producers highlighted Eastern exotics in this ethnography-oriented movie. In 1925, Sh. Mahmudbayov initiated the establishment of a studio under the PFOA for training film directors and actors in Azerbaijan. This is the studio where J. Jabbarly, M. Mikayilov, A. Tahirov and others studied. Such prominent film directors as V. I. Pugovkin, I. A. Shevchenko. N. M. Shengelaya, M. E. Chiaureli, as well as cameramen G. M. Lembek, V. R. Lemke, A. V. Galperin, I. S. Frolov, A. M. Feldman, L. L. Kosmatov, V. M. Shneyder and others were invited to Baku, while D.Dzhabbarly, A.M.Sherifzade and others were involved in movie production for the purposes of improving movie production quality and the development of national resources. The PFOA was later known as "Azdovletkino", (1926-1930),"Azerkino" (1930-1933), Azfilm (1933), Azerdovletsenayesi (1934), Azerfilm (1935-1940) and The Baku Film Studio (1941-1959). It was named J.Jabbarly's Azerbaycanfilm studio in 1961.
In the twenties of XX century local cameramen and reps of foreign movie companies were shooting in Baku documentary films and newsreel on life of city, oil mines. In 1920 first newsreel titled "Official march of 9 golden Army in Baku" was shot. The same year newsreel titled "First convention of eastern nations" was created. Next years newsreels on certain events were prepared: "3rd anniversary of Soviet Azerbaijan" (1923), "Fire in Surakhani oil mines" (1923), "Funeral of Nariman Narimanov" (1925), "Arrival of M.Frunze to Baku" (1925) and etc documentary films, as well popular science films started to be produced.
The movies produced in the early 1930s are features picturing contemporary life, the history and socialist revolution, such as Latif, Ismet (1930, 1934, film director - M. Mikailov), The Diamond and The New Horizon (1936, 1940, film directors - A. Guliyev and G. M. Braginsky), The Baku Residents (1938, film director - V. V. Turin), The Villagers (1940, film director - S. Mardanov). Source: http://www.azerbaijan.az | |
Category: CULTURE | Added by: shamsi_84 (10.05.2011) | |
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