Mustafa Mardanov

Mustafa Mardanov

Birth : 1894-02-28, Marand, Iran

Death : 1968-12-12

History

Mustafa Mardanov was born on March 10, 1894 in the city of Merend in Iranian Azerbaijan. In 1916 he graduated from the Tiflis Men's Gymnasium. From 1922 to 1924 he studied at the Moscow State Institute of Theater Arts. Stage activity began in 1910 in the Tiflis Muslim Drama Circle. His first roles in the theater were the roles of Haji Ganbar ("From the rain and under the downpour" by Najaf-bek Vezirov), Karamali ("Haji Kara" Mirza Fatali Akhundova), Adham ("Nadir Shah" Nariman Narimanov). From 1921 to 1922 Mardanov was the director of the Tiflis Azerbaijani Theater. Since 1924 he has been performing on the stage of the Azerbaijan State Drama Theater. Here he created a series of images of Azerbaijani, Russian and Western drama. Mustafa Mardanov was noted for his subtle humor and comedy. A bright folk comedy was combined in the art of Mardanov with subtle humor and irony. His best roles are Atakishi, Imamverdi (Sevil, 1905 Jafar Jabbarli), Khlestakov ("Inspector General", Nikolay Gogol), Luka ("At the bottom" Maxim Gorky), Shmaga ("Without fault" Alexander Ostrovsky), Polonius ("Hamlet", William Shakespeare), Shvandiya (Love for spring, Konstantin Trenev), Sganarelle (" Don Juan" ,Moliere ), etc. Mustafa Mardanov was one of the first and famous Azerbaijani movie actors. Mustafa Mardanov played in such films as "In the Name of God", "Haji Gara", "Sevil", "Lyatif", "Baku People", "Kandlilar", "Sabuhi", "Black Stones", "Morning", "Meeting" , "Where is Ahmed?" and others. Mardanov was very popular with the role of intelligent Hasan-bek in the film "Not that, so this". The first significant role of M.Mardanov in the cinema is the role of Karamali in the film "Haji Gara". In general, in most films shot from the late 20's to early 30's, M. Mardanov was given the role. The high actor's talent of Mustafa Mardanov is evidenced by the film shot by his brother, the famous film director Samad Mardanov, "Peasants" in which M. Mardanov played two opposing roles. In 1943 he was awarded the title of People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR. Since 1945 - a member of the CPSU. From 1962 to 1968, Mardanov was chairman of the Azerbaijan Theater Society. He translated a number of plays into Azerbaijani. In 1959, his book "50 Years on the Azerbaijani Stage (My Memories)" was published in Baku. One of the streets of Baku is called the Mardanov Brothers in memory of Mustafa Mardanov and his brother Samad Mardanov. The actor died on December 28, 1968 in Baku. He was buried in the Alley of Honor.

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Mustafa Mardanov

Movies

In the Name of the Law
In the Name of the Law
Murtuz Murtuzov
The film is about the public prosecutor who fought against the criminality but was killed by them.
Where is Ahmad?
Where is Ahmad?
Mammad
When his parents try to marry him to their neighbors' daughter, Ahmad runs away from home and his family try to find him.
The Labour and Rose
The Labour and Rose
Postman
The film is about famous Chechen ballet and folk dancer Mahmud Essembayev's life.
The Morning
The Morning
Ahmad
After the novel of the same name of Mehdi Huseyn.
If Not This, Then That
If Not This, Then That
Hasan bey
Popularly known by the name of the main character, "Mashadi Ibad" was based on a musical comedy by composer Uzeyir Hajibeyov and written in the early 1900s. The story is based on the age old-theme of a beautiful young woman Gulnaz who falls in love with a young man Sarvar but is obliged to marry someone else.
The Black Stones
The Black Stones
Damirov
After the novel of the same name of Mehdi Huseyn.
The Meeting
The Meeting
Asgar
The film is about Azerbaijanian and Uzbekistan's cotton-growers contest and about two young people's love.
Fatali Khan
Fatali Khan
Shirin
Sabuhi
Sabuhi
The New Skyline
The New Skyline
Young engineer is fighting against conservatives who don't want to find new oil deposits.
The Peasants
The Peasants
Tahmaz / Menshevik
Baku's People
Baku's People
Menshevik
The film is about the revolution which began bacause of dissemination of Bolshevik ideas among workers.
Latif
Latif
Alasgar
Latif a seven year old boy living during the collectivization policy in USSR.
Sevil
Sevil
Atakishi
After the play of same name of Jafar Jabbarli. This melodrama is about the woman who had unhappy homelife and tried to free herself from shariat rules.
Hadji Gara
Hadji Gara
Karamali
After the comedy of the same name of Mirza Fatali Akhundov.
On Different Shores
On Different Shores
Abbas
The film is about the opposition between working-class people and the certain power.
In the Name of God
In the Name of God
Muzdur Gulu
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.