The Muslim Woman ( 1925 )

Overview

About the awakening of self-awareness in a Muslim woman. The first years of Soviet power in Central Asia. They want to give the Sagadat girl to the rich old man Ahmet-bay. For resistance, her father locks her in a closet. Umar, the girl's lover, helps her escape. In the final, Sagadat goes to study in Moscow. The film has not been preserved.

Top Cast

Olga Tretyakova

Sagadath

Grigori Levkoyev

Umar, peon

Vsevolod Massino

Jalimo

Aleksandr Polyakov

Kurbashi, brigands chieftain

Nikolay Belyaev

Akhmet-bai

N. Fursov

Sheikhulla, Sagadath's father

Rakhatova

Gyulnar, Akhmet-bai' daughter

B. Burov

Gyulnar's fiancé

Sayd Alieva

Head of women's section