The Winds Blow in Baku

Jan 30, 1974

1h 25m

★ 7.5

Overview

Summer 1942. Nazi troops storm the Caucasus. They are rushing to get their hands on Baku oil. An Abwehr special group called "Wartburg" has settled in the Nalchik area. In Baku, German spy Ziegel (Pavel Kadochnikov) heads to the oil fields from Maykop under the name of Soviet engineer Kashtanov. Tankers carrying gasoline begin to explode in the Caspian Sea. Soviet counterintelligence agent "Khazri" infiltrates "Wartburg"...

Genres

War

Adventure

History

Action

Production Companies

Azerbaijanfilm

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Cast

Azad

Shahmar Alakbarov

Tahir Dzhalilovich

Hasan Mammadov

Orlov

Nikolay Fedortsov

Shahmar bey

Rza Takhmasib

Kashtanov

Pavel Kadochnikov

Shtelling

Aleksandr Afanasev

Erica

Ingrīda Andriņa

Alibala

Ismail Osmanli

Volodya Golubev - starshina

Aleksandr Susnin

Solmaz

Khalida Guliyeva

Karim

Mukhtar Maniyev

Hasanzadeh

Mikayil Mikayilov

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