Movie on Heydar Aliyev in the making
A new feature film about the life of Azerbaijan's late national leader, former President Heydar Aliyev (1923-2003) is being shot in Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijani MP Elmira Akhundova, who wrote two books, "Heydar Aliyev" and "Personality & Epoch", said the script of the film, titled ''The simplest surname", is based on those books.
The film, directed by Ramiz Fataliyev, is being shot at the Azerbaijanfilm studio in Azerbaijan.
According to Fataliyev, the film covers Heydar Aliyev's lifetime from 1923 to 1969, when he was elected the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Azerbaijan SSR.
Russian actor Alexander Nikitin was chosen to portray a younger Heydar Aliyev in the movie.
Besides Nikitin, there are other Russian actors featured in the movie, which is being shot in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan, Moscow and St. Petersburg in Russia, as well as Riga, Latvia.
The film is due to wrap up in May 2013 by the time of marking the 90th birthday anniversary of Heydar Aliyev.
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