On Distant Shores

Babek
Directed by	Tofig Taghizade
Starring	Nodar Shashigoglu Yury Bogolyubov
Cinematography	Alisattar Atakishiyev
Music by	Gara Garayev
Running time	89 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Azerbaijani

On distant shores (Template:Lang-az) is a full-length Azerbaijani film. Screenplay was co-written by Imran Gasimov, Hasan Seyidbeyli. Directed by Tofig Taghizade, the film portrays the life of the legendary Azerbaijani guerilla of the Second World War Mehdi Huseynzade, who fought the Nazi forces in the present-day Italy and Slovenia, hence the film`s name On distant shores referring to the Adriatic Sea.

Plot

The film is a biographical true story about life of Imadaddin Nasimi, well known throughout the East for his school of philosophy and thought, poems and promotion of moral values in a feudal society. During the 14th-15th centuries, when Azerbaijan was a stage for warring powers and civil wars, Nasimi was the only poet committed to promotion of humanism and moral values inflicting criticism on the ruling system and the society itself. For his intruding role in feudal regimes, Nasimi lived a complex and tragic life. At the end of the film, Nasimi is killed in front of masses as his skin is pealed off while alive.

Cast

• Rasim Balayev as Babek
• Hasanagha Turabov as Afshin
• Amaliya Panahova as Zarnisa
• Tamara Yandiyeva as Parvin
• Shahmar Alakbarov as Javidan
• Mammad Verdiyev as Bughdai
• Hamid Azayev as Azrak
• Anvar Hasanov as Tarkhan
• Hamlet Khanizade as Khalifa Motasim
• Haji Murad as Khalifa Mamoon
• Samandar Rzayev as Ibn-Bais
• Haji Khalilov as Ibn-Boyat
• Ramiz Malikov as Sahl-ibn-Sumbat
• Eldaniz Rasulov as Azin
• Muxtar Maniyev as Ibn-Mouaz
• Alabbas Gadirov as Fazl
• Bahadur Aliyev as Divdad
• Mikayil Mira as military leader
• Yashar Mammadov as Abu-Emraan
• Gunduz Abbasov as Parvin's father
• Elkhan Ahadzadeh as Bakhsis
• Rafig Azimov as poet in palace

External links

• Babek at IMDb
• New York Times movie overview