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On Distant Shores

1958-08-18 · 89 min · ★ 6.0

Drama · War · Action

The film portrays the life of the legendary Azerbaijani guerrilla of the Second World War Mehdi Huseynzadeh, who fought the Nazi forces in the present-day Italy and Slovenia, hence the film's name On distant shores referring to the Adriatic Sea.

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Directors
Tofig Taghizadeh
Production companies
Azerbaijanfilm
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

Top Cast

Yuriy BogolyubovYuriy BogolyubovVeselin
Andrey FaytAndrey FaytMazelli
Grigoriy ShpigelGrigoriy ShpigelShults
Nikolai BogolyubovNikolai BogolyubovTinti
Nodar ShashigogluNodar ShashigogluMehdi Huseynzadeh
Alasgar AlakbarovAlasgar AlakbarovFerrero
Lev BordukovLev BordukovKarranti
Adil IsgandarovAdil IsgandarovRosselini
Mariya FignerPepitta
Konstantin AdamovKonstantin AdamovVeselin's Father
Salman DadashovSpy
Lidiya DronovskayaPlanichka
Talat RehmanovTalat Rehmanov
Konstantin MyakishevKonstantin MyakishevPartisan
Voldemar ZangbregPartisan
Anatoliy FalkovichPartisan
Boris ChinkinPartisan
Sergey YurtaykinSergey YurtaykinPartisan
Hadjimurad YegizarovHadjimurad YegizarovPartisan
Javad HakimliPartisan

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