
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 film is about dramatic revolutionary events happened in 1918 in Baku.

Caparidze
Fioletov

Shaumyan

Гочи

генерал Бахчаров

Petrov

Azizbeyov

Polukhin

Vazirov

Zevin

Maligin

Ivan Gabyshev (as Yu. Martinov)

Basin
Amirov
Nikolashvili

Suleyman

Shahbazov

Xachaturov

Gochu


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A young girl is trying to save an island which is endangered by nearby construction.

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No overview found

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