“Arshin Mal Alan” is a Soviet Azerbaijani musical comedy based on the operetta of the same name by Uzeyir Hajibeyov . The film was dubbed into 86 languages [1] .
| Arshin Mal Alan | |
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| azerb. Arşın mal alan | |
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| Genre | Musical comedy |
| Producer | Rza Tahmasib Nikolay Leshchenko |
| Author script | Sabit Rahman |
| In the main cast | Rashid Beibutov Leyla Javanshirova Alekper Huseynzade Ismail Efendiev Minavver Kalantarly Lutfali Abdullaev Fatma Mehraliyeva Mirza Aga Aliyev |
| Operator | Ali-Sattar Atakishiev Mukhtar Dadashev |
| Composer | Uzeyir Hajibeyov |
| Choreographer | Alibaba Abdullaev |
| Film company | Baku film studio |
| Duration | 96 minutes |
| Budget | 5 807 000 rub. |
| A country |  USSR  Azerbaijan SSR |
| Tongue | Russian / Azerbaijani |
| Year | 1945 |
| IMDb | ID 0037520 |
Content
Story
In the East, the groom could not see the bride’s face before the wedding, and therefore the hero of the film, Asker, a rich young man, on the advice of his friend Suleiman, dresses up as a street cloth dealer, “arshinmalchi”. These merchants, selling goods, went into houses where women and girls, choosing and examining their fabrics, did not cover their faces. Now Asker could go into any yard and choose a bride. The film has many comedic positions, songs, humor, and most importantly - it all ends well for the heroes!
Cast
- Rashid Beibutov - Asker , plus vocals.
- Leyla Badirbeyli (Javanshirova) - Gulchohra , daughter of Sultanbek (vocals - Maria Titarenko )
- Ismail Efendiev - Suleiman
- Rakhilya Melikova (Mustafayev) - Asya , Sultanbek’s niece
- Alekper Huseyn-zade - Sultanbek (vocals -?)
- Minavver Kalantarly - Jahan , Aunt Asker, plus vocals
- Lutfali Abdullaev - Veli , Asker’s servant (vocals - Rashid Beibutov ; in Azerbaijani at the end of the film, vocals performed by the actor himself)
- Fatma Mehralieva - Telli , the servant of Sultanbek (vocals - Antonina Kleshcheva )
- Mirza Aga Aliyev - Mashadi Ibad [2]
Camera crew
Libretto
- scriptwriter: Sabit Rahman
Directing
- Stage Directors: Rza Tahmasib ; Nikolay Leshchenko
- 2nd director: Ismail Efendiev (actor)
Camera crane
- Director of Photography: Ali-Sattar Atakishiev ; Mukhtar Dadashev
Music
- composer: Uzeyir Hajibeyov
- Conductor: Niyazi
- translation and processing of lyrics: Tatyana Streshneva
Facts
- The film really liked Mao Zedong , and he even ordered to shoot his version in China, which would be called “Love under the covers” (the Chinese called the veil “blankets”) [3] .
- The film went around 136 countries of the world. In the USSR alone, for one and a half months of rental, 16 million viewers watched the film.
- In 1965, the State Organization Soyuzexportkino of the USSR, given that Arshin Mal Alan in 1945, with the participation of Rashid Beibutov, brought great financial profit, ordered a new, color version of the film for the Baku film studio. Thus, the director Tofig Taghizade once again filmed this work of Uzeyir-bey Hajibeyov. His film, released in two languages - Azerbaijani and Russian , did not gain such popularity as the first, but was more perfect in terms of technical equipment.
- In 2013, on the occasion of the centenary of the operetta, the AtaHolding group of companies, together with Peachline, carried out restoration and painting of the film. And the film was presented in color. Restoration and staining was carried out by specialists from Hollywood, however, only the Azerbaijani version of the film was restored. The Russian version of the film is still black and white [4] .
See also
- Arshin Mal Alan (film, 1937)
- Arshin Mal-Alan (film, 1965)
Notes
- ↑ Arshin Mal Alan, or how Stalin ordered Hollywood to beat (Russian) , trud.ru (April 17, 2003).
- ↑ This image of the hero of Gadzhibekov’s second operetta “ Not That, So This ” was introduced into the film - a scene on the market - as a colorful episodic figure
- ↑ A question based on this fact was asked to the experts of the game “What? Where? When? ”October 16, 2009. The author of the question is Farhad Shahveledov.
- ↑ How was the film “Arshin Mal Alan” painted?
Links
- "Arshin Mal Alan" on the site "Encyclopedia of Russian Cinema"
- A story about a movie on telespektakli.ru
- "Arshin Mal Alan." Libretto by Uzeyir Hajibeyov