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.
The film is about a young woman nursing her father, when things don't go to plan.
A history written with tears and oil... The life story of the great philanthropist Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev.
