The Second Wife (1927)
Early silent film from Uzbekistan: Adolat lives happily with her mother and father, leading a joyous life alongside her best friend, Qumri, who is later married to Umar. But this happiness comes to an end the day she is given in marriage as a second wife to the wealthy merchant Taki Bai, whose first wife Kadhija is infertile.
Director: Mikhail Doronin
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Ra Messerer as Adolat, second wife |
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Grigol Chechelashvili as Tajibai |
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Mikhail Doronin as Sadygbai |
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Nabi Ganiyev as |
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Shakhida Magzumova as Dancer |
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M. Grineva as Khadycha, first wife |
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U. Khan-Mirzobaeva as Mother in law |
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Z. Yuldashbaeva as |
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Ivan Khudoleyev as |
| Camera | Vladimir Dobrzhanskiy | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Mikhail Doronin | Director |
| Writing | Valentina Sobborey | Writer |
| Writing | Elena Saifullina | Writer |
| Writing | Elena Saifullina | Book |
| Art | B. Chelli | Production Design |