Movie: The Winds Blow in Baku

Top 10 Billed Cast

Shahmar Alakbarov
Şahmar Ələkbərov

Azad

Hasan Mammadov
Həsən Məmmədov

Tahir Dzhalilovich

Nikolay Fedortsov
Николай Федорцов

Orlov

Rza Tahmasib
Rza Təhmasib

Shahmar bey

Pavel Kadochnikov
Павел Кадочников

Kashtanov

Aleksandr Afanasev
Александр Афанасьев

Shtelling

Ingrīda Andriņa
Ingrīda Andriņa

Erica

Ismail Osmanli
İsmayıl Osmanlı

Alibala

Aleksandr Susnin
Александр Суснин

Volodya Golubev - starshina

Khalida Guliyeva
Xalidə Quliyeva

Solmaz

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    Summer 1942. Nazi troops storm the Caucasus. They are rushing to get their hands on Baku oil. An Abwehr special group called "Wartburg" has settled in the Nalchik area. In Baku, German spy Ziegel (Pavel Kadochnikov) heads to the oil fields from Maykop under the name of Soviet engineer Kashtanov. Tankers carrying gasoline begin to explode in the Caspian Sea. Soviet counterintelligence agent "Khazri" infiltrates "Wartburg"...

  • Release Date

    1974-01-30

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    8

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    AzərbaycanPусский

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