Hokuma Gurbanova
Also Known As: Hökümə Qasımova, Okuma Kurbanova
Biography: Hokuma Abbas gizi Gurbanova (Azerbaijani: Hökümə Abbas qızı Qurbanova) was an Azerbaijani and Soviet theatre and film actress and People's Artist of the USSR (since 1965). Hokuma Gurbanova was born on May 29, 1913 in Baku. In 1931, Hokuma Gurbanova graduated from a pedagogical college of Baku. In 1931-1932, she studied piano at the Baku Academy of Music. Hokuma Gurbanova's career as an actress began in 1933, at the Azerbaijanfilm studio, when she played the role of Yakhshi in one of the earliest Soviet Azerbaijani feature films Almaz, chosen for the role by screenwriter Jafar Jabbarly himself. From 1938, she performed in a troupe of Azerbaijan State Academic Drama Theatre in various drama genres. Hokuma Gurbanova was a member of the Union of Cinematographers' of the Azerbaijan SSR and member of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR of the 7th and 8th convocations. Hokuma Gurbanova was briefly married to actor Alasgar Alakbarov and gave birth to a daughter, Naila. Gurbanova had another daughter, Vafa, also an actress, from her second marriage to stage decorator Nusrat Fatullayev. She died on November 2, 1988 in Baku and was buried in the Alley of Honor.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Baku, Baku Governorate, Russian Empire [now Azerbaijan]
Birthday: June 11, 1913
Deathday: November 02, 1988
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Gender: Female
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The Last Night of Childhood
Overview: Murad, a young man fails the entrance exam to the Institute and starts working at the meat factory. His cousin Rustam, a worker on a building site, fights with him against the dishonest people who sell pieces of meat from the factory. After a series of dramatic situations, Murad and Rustam manage to uncover the thieves.
Genres: Comedy Drama Crime
Original Language: az
Release Date: 1968-12-08
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The Mother in Law
Overview: The movie is about relations between mother and her daughter-in-law.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: az
Release Date: 1978-12-03
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In the Name of the Law
Overview: The film is about the public prosecutor who fought against the criminality but was killed by them.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: az
Release Date: 1968-12-01
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The Labour and Rose
Overview: The film is about famous Chechen ballet and folk dancer Mahmud Essembayev's life.
Genres: Drama Music History
Original Language: az
Release Date: 1962-12-02
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Can One Forgive Him?
Overview: The film is about the boy who got under bad when influence after losing his family he faced with tragic events.
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery
Original Language: az
Release Date: 1959-12-27
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Man Casts an Anchor
Overview: The film is about an oilman who took a lost worker's place and won the respect of other oilmen, was also based on this same ideology, depicting the heroism of oil workers, who never became exhausted and continued working in oil, generation after generation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: az
Release Date: 1967-12-10
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Firangiz
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: az
Release Date: 1975-10-20
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Almas
Overview: A new teacher arrives in a remote mountain village, where the old traditions still hold sway.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1936-12-25
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A Family
Overview: The film is about the Soviet People's patriotism and friendship.
Genres: Drama War Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1943-10-16
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The Life Teaches
Overview: The fim is about the village driver's mistake.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: az
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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Habib the Lord of Snakes
Overview: The action takes place in the 1920s in the mountains of Tajikistan in a small lost village. Habib's shepherd boy has a hard time living with Malika, a strange woman, but the boy does not become embittered and does not harden his soul. He rescues a puppy from a mountain stream, takes care of an injured baby goat, and even tames snakes. Could he have known that he would become a participant in great events?..
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1972-10-21
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