The premiere of film “Asad bey’s suffering” will be held in Berlin's "Babylon" cinema, Director of Germany-based Nizami Ganjavi Institute of Azerbaijani Culture, poetess Nourida Ateshi told.
Film made by Umweltfilm Berlin studio was directed by Ralph Marshallek.
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.
Asad bey fans from Italy, Austria and Germany, his researchers, literature and film lovers, as well as journalists, prominent German figures of culture and cinema have been invited to the premiere on May 2.
APA