New Horizon (film)

New Horizon (Yeni horizont) is a 1940 Soviet drama produced by the Baku Film Studio (the Azerbaijani SSR's state film production company), starring Ismail Efendivev, Rza Afganli, Alesker Alekperov, and Ali Gurbanov.

Plot
The film tells about the life of Baku oil workers and the discovery of new oil fields. The conflict in the film is based on the contradiction of inertia, conservatism and ahamism, which are the remnants of anility, with its innovative idea in the world of science.

Cast

 * Ismail Efendiev - Adil Kərimov
 * Rza Afganli -Professor Əhmədov
 * Alesker Alekperov -Partiya təşkilatçısı Aslanov
 * Ali Gurbanov - Heydər
 * Sofa Bashirzade - Validə
 * Aziza Mamedova - Fatma
 * Movsun Sanani - Ruben
 * Mustafa Mardanov - Trest müdiri
 * Ali-Sattar Melikov - Rüstəm Abbasov
 * V. Chavchavadze - Tibb bacısı

Production

 * Written by: Imran Kasumov
 * Directed by: Aga-Rza Kuliev, Grigory Braginsky
 * Photography directors: Fyodor Novitsky, Mukhtar Dadashov
 * Music by: Niyazi
 * Sound engineer: Ilya Ozersky
 * Lyricist: Aliaga Wahid
 * Assistant stage manager: Latif Safarov, Mamed Alili (the latter is uncredited)
 * Assistant cameraman: Teyyub Akhundov
 * Cutter and assistant stage manager: Zeinab Kazimova