Adil Isgandarov
Actor
Biography
Adil Rza bey oglu Isgandarov (Azerbaijani: Adil İsgəndərov) was an Azerbaijani theatre and film director, actor, first People's Artist of the USSR from Transcaucasia.
Isgandarov joined amateur pioneers association at 10. When he was 13, he played role as Karam in "Gachag Karam" play. After gaining fame in Ganja, he was brought to Baku. Isgandarov got his first education in director-actor field in Baku Technical School of Theatre. After graduation he got professional experience in Moscow from 1932 to 1936 and graduated from Lunacharsky State Institute for Theatre Arts in 1936. After returning to Baku, he worked at Azerbaijan State Academic National Drama Theatre as director, then chief director from 1936 to 1960. Isgandarov also worked at Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts named after Mirzaagha Aliyev from 1937 to 1956. He was elected as depute in 1955 and 1959 for Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR. Isgandarov served as director of Azerbaijanfilm named after Jafar Jabbarli from 1966 to 1974.
As Director
Filmography
On Distant Shores
as Rosselini 1958
If Not This, Then That
as Gochu 1956
The Twenty Six Comissars
as Xachaturov 1966
The Stab in the Back
as Dadaşlı 1979
Leyli and Majnun
as Merchant 1961
My Love, My Sorrow
as Head Foreman 1978
The Darvish Detonates Paris
as Hatamkhan agha 1976
In the Name of the Law
as Kamilov 1968
The Last Mountain Pass
as Karbalayi 1971
Two Boys from the Same District
1957
Romeo, My Neighbour
as Kuliev 1964
The Labour and Rose
1963
The Stars Don't Fade
as Nasib bey 1971
The Black Stones
as Khalilov 1956
In the Wind's Eye
as Farman 1977