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The Second Wife

THE SECOND WIFE

Vtoraya zhena

Directed by Mikhail Doronin
Soviet Union, 1927
Drama

Synopsis

Adolat lives happily with her mother and father, leading a joyous life alongside her best friend, Qumri, who is later happily married to Umar. But this happiness comes to an end the day she is given in marriage as a second wife to the wealthy merchant Taji Bai, whose first wife is infertile.

Synopsis

Adolat lives happily with her mother and father, leading a joyous life alongside her best friend, Qumri, who is later happily married to Umar. But this happiness comes to an end the day she is given in marriage as a second wife to the wealthy merchant Taji Bai, whose first wife is infertile.