A Family

1943 DramaWar 83 minutes Directed by Grigori Aleksandrov

About A Family

Grigori Aleksandrov, with Mikayil Mikayilov and Rza Takhmasib, made a wartime drama at Azerbaijanfilm. Stalin's censors refused it a theatrical release, saying it poorly reflected the Soviet fight against the German invasion.

Cast & crew

More about A Family

Lev Vaysenberg, Mir Jalal Pashayev, and Iosif Prut wrote it. The Russian title is Одна семья. Lyubov Orlova, Marziyya Davudova, Oleg Zhakov, and Hokuma Gurbanova are billed.

Themes

  • a wartime picture that was not released
  • Azerbaijanfilm in 1943
  • Aleksandrov
  • Orlova
  • Azerbaijanfilm
  • censorship
  • 1943

Look

Alisattar Atakishiyev, Asger Ismayilov, and Timofey Lebeshev are credited.

Music

Gara Garayev wrote the music.

Preservation

A Commons transfer under the Russian title is online.

Notes

  • Khosrov Malikov and Alisattar Malikov are in the catalog cast.
  • The ban kept the finished film out of theaters.