Taghiyev: Oil (2024)

6.5/10 104 min Drama History

Overview

August 1922. An American journalist, Jerry Thompson, travels to the Soviet Union and arrives in Azerbaijan. He visits the settlement of Mardakan in Baku. There, he meets an elderly man at a villa. Thompson can hardly believe what he hears. Standing before him is Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, a once-great oil producer, millionaire, and philanthropist who lost all his wealth after the establishment of Soviet rule. Haji recounts his life story to the guest, a journey that saw him rise from a humble mason to an influential oil industrialist.

Cast

Parviz Mammadrzayev

Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev

Gurban Ismailov

Old Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev

Nofel Shahlaroglu

Manaf Dadashov

Elshan Rustamov

Rovshan Mammadli

Rasim Jafar

Mammad Safa

Natavan Haciyeva

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