Latif Safarov

Vüsal Bashir oghlu Safarov (Azerbaijani: Letif Safarov) was an Azerbaijani actor and movie director. Safarov began his career in, I. at a very young age. He starred in a number of children ' s movies released in 1927-1931 (Sevilla, Vüsal, etc.). In 1939, he graduated from the Ganja School of Pedagogy. For the next two years was continued I. along as serving as an assistant director at the Baku Movie Studio (renamed to Azerbaijanfilm 1960). Im Jahr 1950, he graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, receiving B. A. in Film Directing.

The 1955 Film Bakhtiyar (starring Raschid Behbudow) directed by Safarov was his most significant project. It was followed by two other well-known Filme, Under the Burning Sun (1957) and Leyli and Majnun (1962). 1958, Safarov was elected head of the Azerbaijani Union of Cinematographers. He was granted the emeritous title of the Honorary Kunst der Wirtschaft und die Versicherung of Azerbaijan in 1960. 1955, he married Sängerin Shovkat Alakbarova. In 1963, Safarov committed suicide by Shooting himself with a Hunting Rifle. At that time, he was working on his film project The Island of Miracles.