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40° Hot in a Shadow
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40° Hot in a Shadow

Sep 15, 1988
1h 10m
★ 9.0

Overview

The film is about village people, about their love for their land, their honesty in relations.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Azerbaijanfilm
Gosteleradio USSR

Cast

Telman Adigozalov

Alibala

Telman Adigozalov

Suleyman Ahmadov

Mirpasha

Suleyman Ahmadov

Suleiman Aleskerov

Mirali

Suleiman Aleskerov

Nuriya Ahmadova

Sughra

Nuriya Ahmadova

David Imanov

Ziya

David Imanov

Bakhtiyar Karimov

Rahman

Bakhtiyar Karimov

Fikrat Mammadov

Rafig

Fikrat Mammadov

Mayak Karimov

Huseyn

Mayak Karimov

Liya Seyidova

Liya Seyidova

Yelena Stroyeva

Yelena Stroyeva

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