30 Sep 1980
You Can't Take an Island with You
A young girl is trying to save an island which is endangered by nearby construction.
The Peasants
A historical revolutionary film depicting the struggle of peasants and the Baku proletariat against landowners and Musavatists in 1919.
Top Billed Cast
Alasgar Alakbarov Aşıq Göydəmir
Mustafa Mərdanov Təhməz / Menşevik
Rza Darabli Hacı Həsən
Борис Байков Petra
Rza Əfqanlı Abbas
Sidgi Ruhulla Pristav
Əli Qurbanov ağ saçlı
Möhsün Sənani Eldar
Xeyri Əmirzadə Mehmandar bəy
Tamara Isgandarova Ülfət
Atamoghlan Rzayev Hacı Həsənin oğlu
Əlisəttar Məlikov Rəhim
İsmayıl Osmanlı müsavatçı
Fateh Fətullayev Mirmahmud Kazımovski 
Törəxanım Zeynalova 
Mammadrza Sheikhzamanov Sidgi Ruhulla pristav
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