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Man Casts an Anchor
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Man Casts an Anchor

Dec 10, 1967
1h 15m
★ 0.0

Overview

The film is about an oilman who took a lost worker's place and won the respect of other oilmen, was also based on this same ideology, depicting the heroism of oil workers, who never became exhausted and continued working in oil, generation after generation.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Azerbaijanfilm

Cast

Alasgar Ibrahimov

Ramiz

Alasgar Ibrahimov

Hadjimurad Yegizarov

Murad

Hadjimurad Yegizarov

Hokuma Gurbanova

Shamama

Hokuma Gurbanova

Ismail Afandiyev

Shirali

Ismail Afandiyev

Lyudmila Marchenko

Nina

Lyudmila Marchenko

Arkadi Tolbuzin

Moroz

Arkadi Tolbuzin

Zemfira Tsakhilova

Adila

Zemfira Tsakhilova

Aleksandr Petrov

Vadim

Aleksandr Petrov

Yuri Perov

Andrei

Yuri Perov

Mukhtar Maniyev

Majid

Mukhtar Maniyev

Eduard Akopov

Garabala

Eduard Akopov

Fikrat Aliyev

doctor

Fikrat Aliyev

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