Dada Gorgud Explained

Dada Gorghud
Director:	Tofig Taghizade
Music:	Emin Sabitoglu
Studio:	Azerbaijanfilm
Runtime:	125,5 minutes
Country:	Azerbaijan

Dada Gorgud (Azerbaijani: Dədə Qorqud) — Azerbaijani Soviet 2-episode epic film of 1975 with elements of drama and melodrama produced by the film studio Azerbaijanfilm, based on the Oguz epic "Book of Dede Korkut".^[1]

Plot

Dada Gorghud is a wise old man who witnesses countless human disasters, unprecedented wars and calls the people to work on earth. In the film, there are such feelings as love, friendship, brotherhood and loyalty to the motherland,^[2] there are also such moments as fighting and war.

Cast

• Hasan Mammadov — Dada Gorgud
• Hashim Gadoyev — Qazan khan
• Rasim Balayev — Beyrak
• Givi Tokhadze — Alp Aruz
• Hamlet Gurbanov — Kipchak Malik
• Leyla Shikhlinskaya — Banichichek
• Shafiga Mammadova — Burla Khatun
• Inara Guliyeva — Seljan
• Elchin Mammadov - Karaca shepherd
• Farhad Yusifov — Tural
• Dinara Yusifova — Gunel
• Ali Hagverdiyev — Yalincik
• Gunduz Abbasov — Baybura
• Afrasiyab Mammadov — Bayandir Khan

Notes and References

1. "Dədə Qorqud" filminin sirləri: [rejissoru Tofiq Tağızadə olan eyni adlı film haqqında] //Azad Azərbaycan.- 2011.- 24 iyul.- S. 5.
2. Afaq Qasımova. Yeniyetmələrin tarixi şəxsiyyətlərin nümunəsində tərbiyə edilməsi. Bakı: Nurlan, 2006. — səh. 142.