Alasgar Alakbarov
Born: March 26, 1910
Died: January 31, 1963
in Baku, Bakinskaya guberniya, Russian Empire
Died: January 31, 1963
in Baku, Bakinskaya guberniya, Russian Empire
Alasgar Hajiagha oglu Alakbarov (Azerbaijani: Ələsgər Ələkbərov) PAU (People's Artist of the USSR), was a Soviet and Azerbaijani actor.
He was born to a family of a poor merchant. He developed passion for acting and music while still a child by watching street performances and listening to dervishes' singing. In 1920 his father deceased and he along with his siblings was raised by his mother the tailor. Until age 15 he attended a drama club where he learned basics about acting and theatre. Alasgar Alakbarov received his postsecondary education at a performance arts college in Baku in 1930. During the next three years he worked with the troupes at various Azeri theatres in Azerbaijan and Georgia. Starting in 1933 until his death, he worked at the Azerbaijan State Academic Drama Theatre. He specialized mostly in tragical roles. His most famous roles were those of Vagif (Vagif by Samad Vurghun) and Othello (Othello by William Shakespeare). During his 30-year career he played Vagif around 700 times. Critics characterised his performance as extremely spirited and emotional. Along with theatre, Alakbarov also pursued career in film. Alakbarov's first movie appearance was made in Vulkan uzarinda ev in 1929. He also starred in renowned Azerbaijani films such as Latif, Almaz, Kandlilar, Stepmother, On Distant Shores, The Great Support, etc. In 1961 Alakbarov became People's Artist of the USSR after participating in a 1959 cultural event in Moscow dedicated to the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic.
He was born to a family of a poor merchant. He developed passion for acting and music while still a child by watching street performances and listening to dervishes' singing. In 1920 his father deceased and he along with his siblings was raised by his mother the tailor. Until age 15 he attended a drama club where he learned basics about acting and theatre. Alasgar Alakbarov received his postsecondary education at a performance arts college in Baku in 1930. During the next three years he worked with the troupes at various Azeri theatres in Azerbaijan and Georgia. Starting in 1933 until his death, he worked at the Azerbaijan State Academic Drama Theatre. He specialized mostly in tragical roles. His most famous roles were those of Vagif (Vagif by Samad Vurghun) and Othello (Othello by William Shakespeare). During his 30-year career he played Vagif around 700 times. Critics characterised his performance as extremely spirited and emotional. Along with theatre, Alakbarov also pursued career in film. Alakbarov's first movie appearance was made in Vulkan uzarinda ev in 1929. He also starred in renowned Azerbaijani films such as Latif, Almaz, Kandlilar, Stepmother, On Distant Shores, The Great Support, etc. In 1961 Alakbarov became People's Artist of the USSR after participating in a 1959 cultural event in Moscow dedicated to the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic.
Movies for Alasgar Alakbarov...
Title: The Great Support
Character: Rustam
Released: December 16, 1962
Type: Movie
After the novellette of the same name of M.Ibrahimov. The film is about a man who trusted his subordinates.
Title: Leyli and Majnun
Character: Sheikh Amiri
Released: September 13, 1961
Type: Movie
After the literary work of the same name of Nizami Ganjavi and Mahammad Fuzuli. The film is about pure love of two young people.
Title: The Morning
Character: Rahim bey
Released: April 19, 1960
Type: Movie
After the novel of the same name of Mehdi Huseyn.
Title: Stepmother
Character: Huseyn
Released: December 9, 1958
Type: Movie
The film is about the stepmother who tried to be a real mother of a boy. But she could be a real mother only after some difficult events for her and child.
Title: The Shadows are Crawling
Character: Rashid Sardarli
Released: September 26, 1958
Type: Movie
Title: On Distant Shores
Character: Ferrero
Released: August 18, 1958
Type: Movie
The film portrays the life of the legendary Azerbaijani guerrilla of the Second World War Mehdi Huseynzadeh, who fought the Nazi forces in the present-day Italy and Slovenia, hence the film's name On distant shores referring to the Adriatic Sea.
Title: The Black Stones
Character: Gudrat Ismailzadeh
Released: December 2, 1956
Type: Movie
After the novel of the same name of Mehdi Huseyn.
Title: The New Skyline
Character: Aslanov
Released: December 29, 1940
Type: Movie
Young engineer is fighting against conservatives who don't want to find new oil deposits.
Title: The Peasants
Character: Ashugh Goydamir
Released: December 28, 1939
Type: Movie
Title: Almas
Character: Fuad
Released: December 25, 1936
Type: Movie
A new teacher arrives in a remote mountain village, where the old traditions still hold sway.
Title: Latif
Released: November 11, 1930
Type: Movie
Latif a seven year old boy living during the collectivization policy in USSR.
Title: The House on the Volcano
Character: Hasan
Released: January 11, 1929
Type: Movie
An old, boring technician remembers a cruelly suppressed strike of oil industry workers in Baku.
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