Adil Isgandarov
Known for Acting
Adil Rza bey oglu Isgandarov (Azerbaijani: Adil İsgəndərov) was an Azerbaijani theatre and film director, actor, first People's Artist of the USSR from Transcaucasia. Isgandarov joined amateur pioneers association at 10. When he was 13, he played role as Karam in "Gachag Karam" play. After gaining fame in Ganja, he was brought to Baku. Isgandarov got his first education in director-actor field in Baku Technical School of Theatre. After graduation he got professional experience in Moscow from 1932 to 1936 and graduated from Lunacharsky State Institute for Theatre Arts in 1936. After returning to Baku, he worked at Azerbaijan State Academic National Drama Theatre as director, then chief director from 1936 to 1960. Isgandarov also worked at Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts named after Mirzaagha Aliyev from 1937 to 1956. He was elected as depute in 1955 and 1959 for Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR. Isgandarov served as director of Azerbaijanfilm named after Jafar Jabbarli from 1966 to 1974.
Filmography
On Distant Shores
1958
as Rosselini
My Love, My Sorrow
1978
as Head Foreman
The Darvish Detonates Paris
1976
as Hatamkhan agha
The Stars Don't Fade
1971
as Nasib bey
The Twenty Six Comissars
1966
as Xachaturov
Romeo, My Neighbour
1964
as Kuliev
The Stab in the Back
1979
as Dadaşlı
Two Boys from the Same District
1957
The Labour and Rose
1963
If Not This, Then That
1958
as rowdy
The Black Stones
1956
as Khalilov
In the Name of the Law
1968
as Kamilov
The Last Mountain Pass
1971
as Karbalayi
The 1001st Tour
1974
Leyli and Majnun
1961
as Merchant
In the Wind's Eye
1977
as Farman