03 Oct 1999
Animal Farm
Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. However this revolution eats their own children and they cannot avoid corruption.
My Seven Sons
This film was based on Samad Vurgun's "Komsomol poem". Seven sons, like seven samurai become the seven komsomols (communist leaders) who were sent to a village to establish Soviet power. Seven sons become the romanticized images of people's heroes ready to take revenge.
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Häsän Mämmädov Bakhtiyar
Anvar Hasanov Jalal
Elçin Məmmədov Mirpasha
Abdul Mahmudov Gasim
Shahmar Alakbarov Gazanfar
Rafiq Əzimov Shahsuvar
Ələsgər İbrahimov Zalimoghlu
Hasanagha Turabov Garay Bey
Ismail Osmanli Kalantar
Zemfira Ismailova Humay
Hamlet Khanizadeh 
Fərhad İsrafilov Gagani
Mammadrza Sheikhzamanov Karam
Mahluga Sadigova Woman who lost her husband
Hadjimammad Gafgazli Ali Khalilov Akhund Shirali
Mammadsadig Nuriyev 
Huseynagha Sadigov Nadir Asgarov 
Eldaniz Zeynalov Villager
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