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â€œFate of the Kingâ€ large first night held

23 May 2009 09:41 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Ulkar Gasimova â€“ APA. Large first night events of the movie â€œFate of the Kingâ€ written by Elchin Efendiyev after the tragedy â€œThe King and his daughterâ€ by Ilyas Efendiyev took place on May 22 at Heydar Aliyev Palace in Baku, APA reports. The featured actors welcomed the viewers before the screening.

Movieâ€™s leading actor Fakhraddin Manafov, who gave master classes to other actors, addressed the opening night ceremony. â€œThe film is presented on the eve of 28 May Republic Day and Ilyas Efendiyevâ€™s 95th anniversary. The film is about our history and the history is a biography of nation. There were many painful pages in our history and today we will together look through these pagesâ€.

The actor said nearly 1000 people, including the Defense Ministryâ€™s soldiers and officers, were involved in the movieâ€™s team. The film was demonstrated after the Manafovâ€™s speech.

The film â€œFate of the King was produced in â€œA.S.V.A Profi Studio XXIâ€ producing center and it took two years. The film was directed by Ramiz Fataliyev and Dilshad Fatkhulin and Fatkhulin was also the photography director of the film and film music was composed by Polad Bulbuloglu. Azerbaijani Peopleâ€™s Artist Fakhraddin Manafov gave master-classes to the actors and played a leading part of Ibrahim Khan. Azerbaijani, Russian and Tajik actors featured in the film. The film was shot in Russian Mosfilmâ€™s â€œTon Studioâ€ in 5+1 Dolby Stereo used in Azerbaijan for the first time. First screening of the film took place in â€œAzerbaijanâ€ cinema house last May.

The cutting-edge computer programs were used during the shooting. He said the film was produced according to the order signed by Heydar Aliyev in 2000 to memorialize Ilyas Efendiyev. Asadullayev said â€œFate of the Kingâ€ would be first film to be shown at the Heydar Aliyev Palace after the reconstruction work. â€œThe film is about the history of Azerbaijan and we want every Azerbaijani to see that film. Therefore we are planning to hold first night events two days. The posters and TV announcements are already rolled. The advertising spots will be rolled on the monitors installed in the city from May 10â€.

The ticket of the first night event is 7-10 AZN.