Latif Safarov

Latif Safarov

Nascimento : 1920-09-30, Shusha, Azerbaijan

Morte : 1963-12-09

História

Latif Bashir oghlu Safarov (Azerbaijani: Lətif Səfərov) was an Azerbaijani actor and movie director. Safarov began his career in acting at a very young age. He starred in a number of children's movies released in 1927–1931 (Sevil, Latif, etc.). In 1939, he graduated from the Ganja School of Pedagogy. For the next two years was continued acting along as serving as an assistant director at the Baku Movie Studio (renamed to Azerbaijanfilm in 1960). In 1950, he graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, receiving B.A. in Film Directing. The 1955 film Bakhtiyar (starring Rashid Behbudov) directed by Safarov was his most significant project. It was followed by two other well-known films, Under the Burning Sun (1957) and Leyli and Majnun (1962). In 1958, Safarov was elected head of the Azerbaijani Union of Cinematographers. He was granted the emeritous title of the Honorary Art Worker of Azerbaijan in 1960. In 1955, he married singer Shovkat Alakbarova. In 1963, Safarov committed suicide by shooting himself with a hunting rifle. At that time, he was working on his film project The Island of Miracles.

Perfil

Latif Safarov

Filmes

Leyli and Majnun
Director
After the literary work of the same name of Nizami Ganjavi and Mahammad Fuzuli. The film is about pure love of two young people.
Under the Burning Sun
Director
The hero of the film coming to the village for a short while decided to stay there by his medical duty.
Bakhtiyar
Director
The film is about oilman who had beautiful voice. He didn't attach great importance to his friends is advice to get special music reward. But he changed his attitude to art under the influence of his friends.
The New Skyline
Assistant Director
Young engineer is fighting against conservatives who don't want to find new oil deposits.
Latif
Latif
Latif a seven year old boy living during the collectivization policy in USSR.
Sevil
Gunduz
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.
Gilan's Daughter
Gulgul
This drama is about Gilan's downfall in 1920th under onslaught of Iran's shah & English army.