The Last Mountain Pass

Jul 18, 1971

1h 13m

★ 1.0

Overview

Based on a novel by Farman Karimzade, the movie shows the life in an Azerbaijani village under the Soviet rule in 1930s. Here two former "beys" (land owners) are opposing each other. One is loyal to the ideology of the past and can't reconcile himself to the new power, to second rejects the past and accepts the power of the Bolsheviks, believing that it will establish justice.

Genres

Drama

Action

War

Production Companies

Azerbaijanfilm

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Cast

Abbasgulu bey

Hasan Mammadov

Karbalayi

Adil Isgandarov

Gamlo

Malik Dadashov

Talibov

Hamlet Khanizadeh

Khalil

Hasanagha Turabov

Shabanzadeh

Shamsi Badalbeyli

Novrasta

Tamilla Rustamova

Iman

Shahmar Alakbarov

Baylar

Abdul Mahmudov

Samad

Sadig Huseynov

Vali

Elkhan Gasimov

Ahmad Ahmadov

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