Interrogation

Feb 18, 1979

1h 26m

★ 6.2

Overview

The investigator Seyfi Ganiyev runs the case of an illegal mercery shop's head Murad Abiyev, who confessed in embezzlement of one million rubles from public funds. Abiyev is also accused of the murder of an underage girls that occurred in Riga shortly after Abiyev saw her. He denies his guilt, but does not name the perpetrators though he knows them, despite the fact that he is facing the death penalty. The investigator understands that some high-ranking officials stand behind Abiyev, but he has no proof. Ganiyev seeks to obtain from the prisoner the whole truth to bring the criminals to justice.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Azerbaijanfilm

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Cast

Seyfi Ganiyev

Aleksandr Kalyagin

Murad Abiyev

Hasan Mammadov

Gulya Ganiyeva

Shafiga Mammadova

Elmar

Rasim Balayev

Yevgeni Lebedev

Teymur

Tofig Mirzayev

General

Hasanagha Turabov

Rafig

Faig Valiyev

Sona Aslanova

Dadashov

Elkhan Aghahuseynoghlu

Eldaniz Rasulov

Nina Osipova

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