Fiery Roads

Fiery Roads
GenreDrama
Written by
Directed byShuhrat Abbosov
ComposerRumil Vildanov
Country of originSoviet Union
Original languageRussian
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes17
Production
Production companyUzbekfilm
Original release
Release1977 (1977) –
1984 (1984)

Fiery Roads (Russian: Огненные дороги, Uzbek: Olovli yoʻllar) was an Uzbek television series running from 1977 to 1984 based on the life of Uzbek enlightener Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi.

Plot

The series was closely based on the novel "Hamza" by Kamil Yashin, who was also the screenwriter, as well as the storybook "Furious Hamza" (Russian: Неистовый Хамза) by Lyubov Voronkova.[1][2] It depicts Hamza's struggles to promote the revolution and modernization against a background of feudalism and Basmachi terror.

Episodes

  • 1978: Season 1 "Heart of a Poet", episodes 1-4
  • 1979: Season 2 "In Search of Truth", episodes 5-8
  • 1982: Season 3: "Singer of the Revolution", episodes 9-12
  • 1983: Season 4: "Fighting Turkestan" episodes 13-14
  • 1984: Season 5: "My Republic" episodes 15-17[2][3][4]

Cast (partial list)

The diverse crew of the production consisted of various high-profile actors and actresses from across the Soviet Union, featuring cast members from Uzbek, Tajik, Russian, Kartvelian, Tatar, Ossetian, and other backgrounds.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Сериал Огненные дороги (17 серий), купить 4 DVD" [Series Fire Roads (17 episodes), buy 4 DVD]. www.visionary.ru. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
  2. ^ a b Korotkov, M. (1985). "Сын земли". Ogonyok (47).
  3. ^ Огненные дороги (1977-1984) [Fiery Roads (1977-1984)], retrieved 2023-05-19
  4. ^ Aqbarov, Hamidulla (21 October 1979). "Хамза и его время: новые серии телефильма "Огненные дороги"" [Hamza and his time: new episodes of the TV movie "Fiery Roads"]. Pravda Vostoka (in Russian). p. 3.
  5. ^ Vyatsky, Gennady (1983). "Каким он был, Хамза" [What was he like, Hamza?]. Ogonyok (in Russian) (19): 18.
  6. ^ Televidenie i radioveshchanie (in Russian). 1980.
  7. ^ Огненные дороги (1977-1984), retrieved 2023-05-19
  8. ^ Aqbarov, Hamidulla (1986). "Ҳамза - телероман қаҳрамони". Guliston (in Uzbek) (1).