On Distant Shores (1958)
The film portrays the life of the legendary Azerbaijani guerrilla of the Second World War Mehdi Huseynzadeh, who fought the Nazi forces in the present-day Italy and Slovenia, hence the film's name On distant shores referring to the Adriatic Sea.
Director:
Tofig Taghizadeh
Writers:
Hasan Seyidbeyli, Imran Kasumov.
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Yuriy Bogolyubov as Veselin |
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Andrey Fayt as Mazelli |
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Grigoriy Shpigel as Shults |
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Nikolai Bogolyubov as Tinti |
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Nodar Shashigoglu as Mehdi Huseynzadeh |
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Alasgar Alakbarov as Ferrero |
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Lev Bordukov as Karranti |
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Adil Isgandarov as Rosselini |
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Mariya Figner as Pepitta |
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Konstantin Adamov as Veselin's Father |
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Salman Dadashov as Spy |
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Lidiya Dronovskaya as Planichka |
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Tälät Rähmanov as |
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Konstantin Myakishev as Partisan |
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Voldemar Zangbreg as Partisan |
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Anatoliy Falkovich as Partisan |
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Boris Chinkin as Partisan |
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Sergey Yurtaykin as Partisan |
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Hadjimurad Yegizarov as Partisan |
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Javad Hakimli as Partisan |
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Agniya Yelikoyeva as Anjelika |
| Camera | Tofiq Sultanov | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Alisattar Atakishiyev | Director of Photography |
| Art | Kamil Najafzadeh | Production Design |
| Art | Jabrail Azimov | Production Design |
| Sound | Aghahuseyn Karimov | Sound Designer |
| Directing | Tofig Taghizadeh | Director |
| Writing | Hasan Seyidbeyli | Screenplay |
| Writing | Imran Kasumov | Screenplay |
| Sound | Niyazi | Conductor |
| Sound | Gara Garayev | Original Music Composer |