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Man Casts an Anchor
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Man Casts an Anchor

1967-12-10 · 75 min · ★ 7.0

Drama

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.

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Directors
Arif Babayev
Production companies
Azerbaijanfilm
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

Top Cast

Alasgar IbrahimovAlasgar IbrahimovRamiz
Hadjimurad YegizarovHadjimurad YegizarovMurad
Hokuma GurbanovaHokuma GurbanovaShamama
Ismail EfendiyevIsmail EfendiyevShirali
Lyudmila MarchenkoLyudmila MarchenkoNina
Arkadi TolbuzinArkadi TolbuzinMoroz
Zemfira TsakhilovaZemfira TsakhilovaAdila
Aleksandr PetrovAleksandr PetrovVadim
Yuri PerovYuri PerovAndrei
Mukhtar ManiyevMukhtar ManiyevMajid
Eduard AkopovEduard AkopovGarabala
Fikrat AliyevFikrat Aliyevdoctor
Talat RehmanovTalat Rehmanovoilman
Yusif VeliyevYusif Veliyevoilman
Rafael DadashovRafael Dadashovoilman
Zemfira SadykhovaZemfira Sadykhovanurse

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