Baku's People

Jun 4, 1938

1h 37m

★ 9.2

Overview

The film is about the revolution which began bacause of dissemination of Bolshevik ideas among workers.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Azerbaijanfilm

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Cast

Dzhafar Mamedov

Rza Afganli

Mikhaylov - feldsher

Nikolay Shulgin

Lida

Olga Kutyreva

Zakharych - slesar

Boris Baykov

Vaso - bolshevik

Vaso Godziashvili

Ruben

Vahagn Bagratuni

Djafar's frend

Alekper Melikov

Djafar's frend

Sh. Babayev

Vasiliy Arkadyevich - gendarmerie captain

Andrei Kostrichkin

Ignatiy Trofimovich - master

Konstantin Dobjinski

menshevik

Mustafa Mardanov

menshevik

Vladimir Otradinskiy

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