Haji Gara (film)

Haji Gara (Hacı Qara) is a 1929 adventure comedy produced by the Azgoskino film studio, which is an adaptation of the play of the same name by Mirza Fatali Akhundov.

Synopsis
The film tells about the life of peasants. On 3 October 1927, the script was read for the first time at the Azgoskino film studio. The director Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh began preparations for filming in 1927. This film is the first in the career of Jafar Jabbarli as a screenwriter, the first work in the cinema of actors Aziza Mammadova and Ali Gurbanov. The film was released on 9 March 1929, in production the film was called Sona.

Cast
Mirzaagha Aliyev - Haji Gara

Mustafa Mardanov - Karamaly

K. Vyaznova - Sona

Aghasadyg Garaybeyli - Asger bey

M. A. Gayyubov — Heydar

Sidgi Ruhulla - Aliyar bey

Marziya Davudova - Tukaz

Y. Hajigasimov - Safaraly

Hajiagha Shahbazov - Bayramali bey, Sona's father

Aziza Mammadova - Gulsum, Sona's mother

Rustam Kazimov

N. Hasanov

A. Mirzayev

Ali Gurbanov - ashik

Ashraf Yusifzade

Administrative group
original text: Mirza Fatali Akhundov

Screenwriter: Jafar Jabbarli

director and editor: Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh

director of photography: Ivan Tartakovsky

production designer: Alexander Goncharsky

composer: D. Jabari

artistic director: Vsevolod Pudovkin

assistant director: Agharza Guliyev