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Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Muslim prince Ali and Georgian aristocrat Nino have grown up in the Russian province of Azerbaijan. Their tragic love story sees the outbreak of the First World War and the world’s struggle for Baku’s oil. Ultimately they must choose to fight for their country’s independence or for each other.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes40%
Metacritic50/100
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
86 audience votes
Key crew
- Asif KapadiaDirector
- Christopher HamptonWriter
- Dario MarianelliOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Adam BakriAli Khan Shirvanshir
- María ValverdeNino Kipiani
- Connie NielsenDuchess Kipiani
- Mandy PatinkinDuke Kipiani
- Numan AcarSeyid Mustafa
- Riccardo ScamarcioMalik Nakhararyan
- Homayoun ErshadiSafar Khan Shirvanshir
- Halit ErgençFatali Khan Khoyski
- Fakhraddin ManafovHaji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev
- Nigar GulahmadovaSona Taghiyeva
- Parviz GurbanovMusa Naghiyev
- Deniz TajeddinNino's Friend