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

1988-09-15 · 70 min · ★ 9.0

Drama

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

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Directors
Leyla Safarova
Production companies
Azerbaijanfilm, Gosteleradio USSR
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

Top Cast

Telman AdigozalovTelman AdigozalovAlibala
Suleyman AhmadovSuleyman AhmadovMirpasha
Suleiman AleskerovSuleiman AleskerovMirali
Nuriya AkhmedovaNuriya AkhmedovaSughra
David ImanovDavid ImanovZiya
Bakhtiyar KarimovBakhtiyar KarimovRahman
Fikret MamedovFikret MamedovRafig
Mayak KerimovMayak KerimovHuseyn
Liya SeyidovaLiya Seyidova
Yelena Stroyeva

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