Film 1945
Arshin Mal Alan
A merchant wants to choose his own bride.
- Country collection
- Azerbaijan
- Original title
- Arşın mal alan
- Director
- Rza TahmasibNikolay Leshchenko
- Running time
- 89 min
- Year
- 1945
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Story, without spoilers
In early twentieth-century Baku, Asgar wants to see the woman he will marry before the wedding. His friend Suleyman helps him find a way around convention, setting a musical courtship in motion.
Context & recognition
This 1945 Soviet Azerbaijani musical adapts Uzeyir Hajibeyov’s operetta. Rza Tahmasib and Nikolay Leshchenko direct Rashid Behbudov.