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The Life Tests Us
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The Life Tests Us

1972-02-17 · 75 min · Not rated

Drama · Romance

After the novel of the same name of Vidadi Babanli. Rashid, a young man, fails the entrance exam to the Institute and started to live by independent life, about people round him.

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Directors
Shamil Makhmudbekov
Production companies
Azerbaijanfilm
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

Top Cast

Fikrat GuliyevRashid
Omur NaghiyevOmur NaghiyevFaraj
Shahmar AlakbarovShahmar AlakbarovArif
Mayak KerimovMayak KerimovMurad
Sadiq HasanzadaSadiq HasanzadaSadig
Larisa LutovaValya
Khuraman GasimovaKhuraman GasimovaHijran
Eldaniz ZeynalovEldaniz ZeynalovMasi
Amaliya PanahovaAmaliya PanahovaMunavvar
Arzu SafarovaLala
Elkhan AhadzadehElkhan AhadzadehRashid's Brother
Mammadrza SheikhzamanovMammadrza SheikhzamanovMurtuz
Amina Naghiyeva
Ahmad AhmadovButcher
Süsan MacidovaSüsan MacidovaSadig's Wife
Tatyana KuznetsovaTatyana Kuznetsova
Lena TolstovaNeighbour
Ruhangiz MusaviRuhangiz Musavi
Ziraddin Tagiyev
Aliabbas GadirovAliabbas Gadirov

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