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

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Cast

Ramiz

Alasgar Ibrahimov

Murad

Hadjimurad Yegizarov

Shamama

Hokuma Gurbanova

Shirali

Ismail Afandiyev

Nina

Lyudmila Marchenko

Moroz

Arkadi Tolbuzin

Adila

Zemfira Tsakhilova

Vadim

Aleksandr Petrov

Andrei

Yuri Perov

Majid

Mukhtar Maniyev

Garabala

Eduard Akopov

doctor

Fikrat Aliyev

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