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Mustafa Mardanov

Mustafa Mardanov was born on March 10, 1894 in the city of Merend in Iranian Azerbaijan. In 1916 he graduated from the Tiflis Men's Gymnasium. From 1922 to 1924 he studied at the Moscow State Institute of Theater Arts. Stage activity began in 1910 in the Tiflis Muslim Drama Circle. His first roles in the theater were the roles of Haji Ganbar ("From the rain and under the downpour" by Najaf-bek Vezirov), Karamali ("Haji Kara" Mirza Fatali Akhundova), Adham ("Nadir Shah" Nariman Narimanov). From 1921 to 1922 Mardanov was the director of the Tiflis Azerbaijani Theater. Since 1924 he has been performing on the stage of the Azerbaijan State Drama Theater. Here he created a series of images of Azerbaijani, Russian and Western drama. Mustafa Mardanov was noted for his subtle humor and comedy. A bright folk comedy was combined in the art of Mardanov with subtle humor and irony. His best roles are Atakishi, Imamverdi (Sevil, 1905 Jafar Jabbarli), Khlestakov ("Inspector General", Nikolay Gogol), Luka ("At the bottom" Maxim Gorky), Shmaga ("Without fault" Alexander Ostrovsky), Polonius ("Hamlet", William Shakespeare), Shvandiya (Love for spring, Konstantin Trenev), Sganarelle (" Don Juan" ,Moliere ), etc. Mustafa Mardanov was one of the first and famous Azerbaijani movie actors. Mustafa Mardanov played in such films as "In the Name of God", "Haji Gara", "Sevil", "Lyatif", "Baku People", "Kandlilar", "Sabuhi", "Black Stones", "Morning", "Meeting" , "Where is Ahmed?" and others. Mardanov was very popular with the role of intelligent Hasan-bek in the film "Not that, so this". The first significant role of M.Mardanov in the cinema is the role of Karamali in the film "Haji Gara". In general, in most films shot from the late 20's to early 30's, M. Mardanov was given the role. The high actor's talent of Mustafa Mardanov is evidenced by the film shot by his brother, the famous film director Samad Mardanov, "Peasants" in which M. Mardanov played two opposing roles. In 1943 he was awarded the title of People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR. Since 1945 - a member of the CPSU. From 1962 to 1968, Mardanov was chairman of the Azerbaijan Theater Society. He translated a number of plays into Azerbaijani. In 1959, his book "50 Years on the Azerbaijani Stage (My Memories)" was published in Baku. One of the streets of Baku is called the Mardanov Brothers in memory of Mustafa Mardanov and his brother Samad Mardanov. The actor died on December 28, 1968 in Baku. He was buried in the Alley of Honor.


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Born:
Feb 28, 1894 In Marand, Iran
Movie/TV Credits:
17
First Appeared:
In the movie In the Name of God 1925-11-17
Latest Project:
Movie In the Name of the Law 1968-12-01
Known For
Poster of Latif
Poster of Sevil
Poster of On Different Shores
Poster of In the Name of God
Filmography
Movie In the Name of the Law Murtuz Murtuzov 1968-12-01
Movie Where is Ahmad? Mammad 1964-11-04
Movie The Labour and Rose Postman 1962-12-02
Movie The Morning Ahmad 1960-04-19
Movie If Not This, Then That Hasan bey 1956-12-30
Movie The Black Stones Damirov 1956-12-02
Movie The Meeting Asgar 1955-12-25
Movie Fatali Khan Shirin 1947-07-21
Movie Sabuhi 1941-09-17
Movie The New Skyline 1940-12-29
Movie The Peasants Tahmaz / Menshevik 1939-12-28
Movie Baku's People Menshevik 1938-06-04
Movie Latif Alasgar 1930-11-11
Movie Sevil Atakishi 1929-09-03
Movie Hadji Gara Karamali 1929-03-09
Movie On Different Shores Abbas 1926-04-01
Movie In the Name of God Muzdur Gulu 1925-11-17