| Haji Gara | |
| Native Name: | az|Hacı Qara |
| Director: | Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh |
| Music: | D. Jabari |
| Runtime: | 65 minutes |
| Country: | Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic |
| Language: | Silent film |
| Studio: | Azerbaijanfilm |
Haji Gara (az|Hacı Qara) is a 1929 adventure comedy produced by the Azgoskino film studio, which is an adaptation of the play of the same name by Mirza Fatali Akhundov.[1]
The film tells about the life of peasants. On 3 October 1927, the script was read for the first time at the Azgoskino film studio.[2] The director Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh began preparations for filming in 1927.[3] This film is the first in the career of Jafar Jabbarli as a screenwriter, the first work in the cinema of actors Aziza Mammadova and Ali Gurbanov. The film was released on 9 March 1929,[4] in production the film was called Sona.[5]
Mirzaagha Aliyev - Haji Gara
Mustafa Mardanov - Karamaly
K. Vyaznova - Sona
Aghasadyg Garaybeyli - Asger bey
M. A. Gayyubov — Heydar
Sidgi Ruhulla - Aliyar bey
Marziya Davudova - Tukaz
Y. Hajigasimov - Safaraly
Hajiagha Shahbazov - Bayramali bey, Sona's father
Aziza Mammadova - Gulsum, Sona's mother
Rustam Kazimov
N. Hasanov
A. Mirzayev
Ashraf Yusifzade
original text: Mirza Fatali Akhundov
Screenwriter: Jafar Jabbarli
director and editor: Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh
director of photography: Ivan Tartakovsky
production designer: Alexander Goncharsky
composer: D. Jabari
artistic director: Vsevolod Pudovkin
assistant director: Agharza Guliyev