Director of Germany-based Nizami Ganjavi Institute of Azerbaijani Culture, poetess Nourida Ateshi told APA the premiere was attended by researchers of Asad bey and publishers from various cities of Italy, Austria and Germany, well-known German culture and cinema figures, media representatives, Asad Bey’s lovers, our compatriots in Germany and ambassador of Azerbaijan to Germany Parviz Shahbazov.
The audience, film critics and media representatives highly estimated the film.
Chairman of the Union of German Journalists Bernd Lammel named Asad Bey a founder of the first cultural bridge between Germany and Azerbaijan and underlined the important place of the great writer in the world literature, as well as German and Azerbaijani literature.
Shahbazov thanked and congratulated the creative team of the film.
Addressing the event, Nourida Ateshi thanked all those who played a role in the production of this film and the participants of the premiere.
The shootings of the 104-minute and two-part feature documentary film “Asad bey’s suffering” were started in 2004 and carried out in Germany, Austria, Italy, and also in Azerbaijan.
The film was sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Cultural and Media Affairs in Germany, Allianz Cultural Foundation in Berlin, Film Commission in Naples, Germany-based Nizami Ganjavi Institute of Azerbaijani Culture and other international organizations.
The film tells the story of the last manuscript of Mahammad Asad bey, written under the pseudonym “Kurban Said” - the novel "The Man Who Knew Nothing About Love." The writer’s love for Azerbaijan, his longing for the homeland, the injustices done against him and sufferings are told by his own language, interviews with witnesses and offscreen voices.”
The screen version included the childhood of Mahammad Asad bey in Icheri Sheher, his years of study in Berlin, the memories on Vienna, where bestseller "Ali and Nino" was written, experiencing pain when he was seriously ill during his home arrest in Positano, Italy.
Film made by Umweltfilm Berlin studio was directed by Ralph Marshallek.
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