Ali and Nino

While the world was falling apart, they were falling in love.

A sweeping romantic tragedy set against the collapse of empires, where personal love and political duty collide in early 20th-century Azerbaijan.

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.