Fair Wind

May 3, 1974

1h 36m

★ 8.0

Overview

Jan Vacek, a revolutionary of Czech origin, organizes the retreat of communist troops in Baku after the Bolshevik Revolution, following the fall of the local commune...

Genres

History

Drama

War

Production Companies

Azerbaijanfilm

Filmové studio Barrandov

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Cast

Yan

Alois Švehlík

Alibala

Hasan Mammadov

Bicherakhov

Hasanagha Turabov

Smit

Radovan Lukavský

Rosher

Josef Langmiler

Vasin

Gleb Strizhenov

Petrov

Gennadi Yudin

Amiraslanov

Aladdin Abbasov

Maria

Jana Gýrová

Talibov

Hadjimurad Yegizarov

Khadija

Amaliya Panahova

Eduard

Josef Šebek

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