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In the Name of God

1925

Religiously themed early Soviet propaganda film in Azerbaijan against Islam. Unlike earlier propaganda films in the region, this was actually made by an (nearly) all Azeri cast and crew and directed by an Azeri filmmaker that would go on to be famous amongst his own people, despite his early collusion with the new ruling government. At the center of the film is a greed Molla (holy man in Azeri Islam) who has been cheating one of the local peasants for years out of all types of goods and services, and then delighting over his success in an very un-religious, specifically un-Islamic, way. Once the Revolution takes place and the Bolsheviks arrive, the peasant is empowered and realizes the deception on the part of the Molla and takes him to the newly set up "People's Court," where is finds justice and the Molla is punished.

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MAMA
Mirzaagha Aliyev

as Molla Mirza Abdurrahim

MMMM
Mustafa Mardanov

as Muzdur Gulu

IAIA
Ibrahim Azeri

as Jafar

MKMK
Mirseyfaddin Kirmanshahli

as Bey

KZKZ
Kazim Ziya

as Molla Rovzakhan

MSMS
Mohsun Sanani

as Gochu

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