In the Name of God

1925 Drama 57 minutes Directed by Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh

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About In the Name of God

Before 1917 in Azerbaijan, the poor peasant Gulu, a Shia Muslim, trusts the mullah. His brother, an oil worker, brings a friend named Jafar to the village for secret revolutionary meetings. Gulu goes to one and then tells the mullah his doubts. The mullah gets the names of the people at the meeting. Arrests follow, and Gulu is among them. After the Bolsheviks arrive he sees that the mullah cheated him and takes the man to the new People's Court.

Cast & crew

More about In the Name of God

Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh directed his first film. Pavel Blyakhin wrote it. The picture opened on 17 November 1925 in the Soviet Union and the Azerbaijan SSR. It runs 57 minutes, silent, with Russian credits. The Azerbaijani title is Bismillah.

Themes

  • A mullah and a peasant
  • Underground meetings
  • The People's Court
  • Gulu
  • mullah
  • Jafar
  • Baku
  • Bismillah
  • 1917

Background

The story is set in Azerbaijan before the October Revolution and ends with the arrival of the Bolsheviks and a People's Court.

Notes

  • Mirzaagha Aliyev plays the mullah. Mustafa Mardanov plays Gulu. Ibrahim Azeri plays Jafar.
  • Kazim Ziya and Mohsun Sanani are also in the cast. Mirseyfaddin Kirmanshahli is listed on the catalog as the bey.
  • English Wikipedia describes it as an anti-Islamic propaganda drama about religious fanaticism.

Also available

  • Internet Archive (silent-bismillah)