On Distant Shores

Aug 18, 1958

1h 29m

★ 5.7

Overview

The film portrays the life of the legendary Azerbaijani guerrilla of the Second World War Mehdi Huseynzadeh, who fought the Nazi forces in the present-day Italy and Slovenia, hence the film's name On distant shores referring to the Adriatic Sea.

Genres

Drama

War

Action

Production Companies

Azerbaijanfilm

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Cast

Veselin

Yuriy Bogolyubov

Mazelli

Andrey Fayt

Shults

Grigoriy Shpigel

Tinti

Nikolai Bogolyubov

Mehdi Huseynzadeh

Nodar Shashigoglu

Ferrero

Alasgar Alakbarov

Karranti

Lev Bordukov

Rosselini

Adil Isgandarov

Pepitta

Mariya Figner

Veselin's Father

Konstantin Adamov

Spy

Salman Dadashov

Planichka

Lidiya Dronovskaya

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