
Jafar Jabbarli
Writing
Biography
Azerbaijani and Soviet playwright, screenwriter, and theatre director.
Known For

Almaz is assigned to a rural school far from the city. Arriving in the village, Almaz fights against illegalities, arbitrariness and women's rights in the school where she teaches.
Citizen A

Based on Jafar Jabbarly‘s play.
Faded Flowers

The film takes place in Baku in 1918-19 and then several years later. The film is based on the opera of the same name by Fikret Amirov. Sevil became the first film opera in the history of Azerbaijani cinema.
Sevil

The movie describes the last remaining years of the great Azerbaijani poet, Huseyn Javid who was the victim of 1937-1938 USSR repression.
Cavid ömrü

Based on Jafar Jabbarli's play.
Faded Flowers

A new teacher arrives in a remote mountain village, where the old traditions still hold sway.
Almas

After the play of same name of Jafar Jabbarli. This melodrama is about the woman who had unhappy homelife and tried to free herself from shariat rules.
Sevil

After the comedy of the same name of Mirza Fatali Akhundov.
Hadji Gara

The film is based on Jafar Jabbarli's play "Aydin".