Watch In the Name of God (1925) Online

Religiously themed early Soviet propaganda film in Azerbaijan against Islam. Unlike earlier propaganda films in the region, this was actually made by an (nearly) all Azeri cast and crew and directed by an Azeri filmmaker that would go on to be famous amongst his own people, despite his early collusion with the new ruling government. At the center of the film is a greed Molla (holy man in Azeri Islam) who has been cheating one of the local peasants for years out of all types of goods and services, and then delighting over his success in an very un-religious, specifically un-Islamic, way. Once the Revolution takes place and the Bolsheviks arrive, the peasant is empowered and realizes the deception on the part of the Molla and takes him to the newly set up "People's Court," where is finds justice and the Molla is punished. Read More

Watch In the Name of God online. Featuring Mirzaagha Aliyev and Mustafa Mardanov, In the Name of God is classified as Drama genre movie with an average rating across the web of 3.7. It is available for streaming online in the UK The movie was filmed in Azerbaijan and was released on 1925. In the Name of God was directed by Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh. Read Less