While the world was falling apart, they were falling in love.
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.
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as Ali Khan Shirvanshir
AliveBorn: May 15, 1988
Age: 38
Jaffa, Palestine
as Nino Kipiani
AliveBorn: March 24, 1987
Age: 39
Madrid, Spain
as Duchess Kipiani
AliveBorn: July 3, 1965
Age: 61
Elling, Frederikshavn, Denmark
as Duke Kipiani
AliveBorn: November 30, 1952
Age: 73
Chicago, Illinois, USA
as Seyid Mustafa
AliveBorn: October 7, 1974
Age: 51
Kozoglu, Turkey
as Malik Nakhararyan
AliveBorn: November 13, 1979
Age: 46
Trani, Apulia, Italy
as Safar Khan Shirvanshir
DeceasedBorn: March 26, 1947
Died: November 11, 2025
Age at death: 78
as Fatali Khan Khoyski
AliveBorn: April 30, 1970
Age: 56
Istanbul, Turkey
as Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev
AliveBorn: August 2, 1955
Age: 71
Stepanakert, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Xankändi, Azerbaijan]
as Sona Taghiyeva
AliveBorn: May 22, 1977
Age: 49
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
as Musa Naghiyev
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Nino's Friend
AliveBorn: February 20, 1994
Age: 32
Baku, Azerbaijan
as Nino's Friend
AliveBorn: August 6, 1994
Age: 32
Baku, Azerbaijan
as Sultan Khanim
AliveBorn: December 18, 1966
Age: 59
Baku, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
as Gochu
AliveBorn: February 13, 1971
Age: 55
Baku, USSR, [now Azerbaijan]
as Russian Officer
AliveBorn: April 8, 1989
Age: 37
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
as Czarist Officer
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Ilyas
AliveBorn: July 31, 1980
Age: 46
Aurillac, Cantal, France
as Giant Russian
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Mehmed
AliveBorn: June 21, 1992
Age: 34
Antalya, Turkey
as Malik Nakhararyan’s mother
AliveBorn: May 30, 1962
Age: 64
Qacaran, Qafan rayonu, Ermənistan SSR, SSRİ
as Ilyas’ soldier
AliveBorn: May 9, 1983
Age: 43
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
as Ali Asadulla
AliveBorn: February 23, 1975
Age: 51
Sumqayit, Absheron, Azerbaijani SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
as Fatali Khan Khoyski (voice)
AliveBorn: October 6, 1956
Age: 69
Jalilabad, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
as Nino Kipiani (voice)
AliveBorn: August 28, 1980
Age: 46
Baku, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
as Ali Khan Shirvanshir (voice)
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Malik Nakhararyan (voice)
AliveBorn: February 27, 1983
Age: 43
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
as Duke Kipiani (voice)
AliveBorn: April 18, 1952
Age: 74
Qax, Qax rayonu, Azərbaycan SSR, SSRİ (Azərbaycan)
as Duchess Kipiani (voice)
AliveBorn: May 16, 1952
Age: 74
Baku, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
as Safar Khan Shirvanshir (voice)
AliveBorn: April 6, 1953
Age: 73
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
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