01 Jul 1988
The Devil under the Windshield
A journalist is investigating a group of poachers who are illegally selling the huge amounts of fish
Man Casts an Anchor
The film is about an oilman who took a lost worker's place and won the respect of other oilmen, was also based on this same ideology, depicting the heroism of oil workers, who never became exhausted and continued working in oil, generation after generation.
Top Billed Cast
Ələsgər İbrahimov Ramiz
Hadjimurad Yegizarov Murad
Hökümə Qurbanova Shamama
Ismail Afandiyev Shirali
Людмила Марченко Nina
Arkadi Tolbuzin Moroz
Земфира Цахилова Adila
Александр Петров Vadim
Yuri Perov Andrei
Muxtar Maniyev Majid
Talat Rahmanov oilman
Yusif Vəliyev oilman
Rafael Dadashov oilman
Zemfira Sadigova nurse
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