Garden Season

Feb 19, 1985

1h 17m

★ 8.0

Overview

The film tells the story that takes place in one of the gardens of Baku, about an honest bus driver, Agababa, who lives by high moral standards, and his large family.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Azerbaijanfilm

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Cast

Aghababa

Hasan Mammadov

Aghabaji

Zemfira Sadigova

Aghamirza

Samandar Rzayev

Amina

Leyla Shikhlinskaya

Kalantar

Hadjimurad Yegizarov

Kheyransa

Nuriya Ahmadova

Amirgulu

Ramiz Azizbeyli

Adil

Elkhan Jafarov

Naila

Yelena Seropova

Jabbar

Mirza Babayev

Sattar

Hamlet Gurbanov

Rahman

Aleksandr Sharovski

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