When the Owl Flies

Jul 31, 1978

1h 13m

★ 0.0

Overview

After the novelette of the same name of M.Ibrahimbeyov. Tahir is twelwe. His parents are seperating and he is troubled by incident which impels his guestion the nature of relations between men and women.

Genres

Drama

Family

Production Companies

Azerbaijanfilm

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Cast

Tahir

Emin Gafarzadeh

Vasif

Fikrat Mammadov

Rashid

Hasanagha Turabov

Adila

Gülsan Qurbanova

Grandmother

Firangiz Sharifova

Shahlar bey

Ismail Osmanli

Kamil

Vidadi Aliyev

Naila

Sevil Rasulova

Doctor

Yashar Nuri

Ahmad Ahmadov

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