Muslim prince Ali and Georgian aristocrat Nino have grown up in the Russian province of Azerbaijan. Their tragic love story sees the outbreak of the First World War and the world’s struggle for Baku’s oil. Ultimately they must choose to fight for their country’s independence or for each other.
Cast
Adam Bakri
Ali Khan Shirvanshir
María Valverde
Nino Kipiani
Connie Nielsen
Duchess Kipiani
Mandy Patinkin
Duke Kipiani
Numan Acar
Seyid Mustafa
Riccardo Scamarcio
Malik Nakhararyan
Homayoun Ershadi
Safar Khan Shirvanshir
Halit Ergenç
Fatali Khan Khoyski
Fakhraddin Manafov
Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev
Nigar Gulahmadova
Sona Taghiyeva
Parviz Gurbanov
Musa Naghiyev
Deniz Tajeddin
Nino's Friend
Khumar Salimova
Nino's Friend
Mekhriban Zeki
Sultan Khanim
Parviz Mammadrzayev
Gochu
Jovdat Shukurov
Russian Officer
Eran Anjel
Czarist Officer
Assaad Bouab
Ilyas
Ümit Demirbas
Giant Russian
Ekin Koç
Mehmed
Gushvar Sharifova
Malik Nakhararyan’s mother
Tural Ahmad
Ilyas’ soldier
Vüqar Məmmədəliyev
Ali Asadulla
Nuraddin Mehdikhanli
Fatali Khan Khoyski (voice)
Ofeliya Novruzqızı
Nino Kipiani (voice)
Vüsal Xaliqoğlu
Ali Khan Shirvanshir (voice)
Emin Nəsirli
Malik Nakhararyan (voice)
Eldaniz Rasulov
Duke Kipiani (voice)
Najiba Huseynova
Duchess Kipiani (voice)
Kyazim Abdullayev
Safar Khan Shirvanshir (voice)
Elshan Rustamov
Gochu (voice)
Aligulu Samadov
Seyid Mustafa (voice)
Səyyar Rüstəmov
Mehmed (voice)
Cəlal Məmmədov
Ilyas (voice)
Crew
Asif Kapadia
Director
Christopher Hampton
Writer
Kurban Said
Book
Alexander Berner
Editor
Gökhan Tiryaki
Director of Photography
Mairi Bett
Executive Producer
Leyla Aliyeva
Executive Producer
Kris Thykier
Producer
Carlos Conti
Production Design
Shaheen Baig
Casting
Michele Clapton
Costume Design
Marc Pilcher
Hair Supervisor
Kirstin Chalmers
Hairstylist, Makeup Artist
Matis Rei
Sound Effects Editor
Tim Cavagin
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Dafydd Archard
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Colin Nicolson
Production Sound Mixer
Bernard O'Reilly
Foley Artist
Peter Gleaves
ADR Mixer
Dario Marianelli
Original Music Composer
George Dean
Painter
Stella Fox
Set Decoration
Burak Yerlikaya
Art Direction
James Wakefield
Art Direction
Ray Marston
Wigmaker
Sarah Weatherburn
Wigmaker
