The First Hour of Life (1974)
The film is about oilmen having different ideals and decisions, were also based on this same ideology, depiciting the heroism of oil workers, who never became exhausted and who continued working in oil, generation after generation. It was the oil workers who were always invincible, unconquerable and unyieling, in contrast with other characters who were shown as weak and who preferred to earn a living via easier means.
Director:
Arif Babayev
Writer:
Ramiz Fataliyev
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Hasanagha Turabov as Mehdi |
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Shahmar Alakbarov as Yusif |
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Sergei Kurilov as Mereshkovski |
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Tofik Mirzoyev as Asad |
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Rafig Azimov as Sadig |
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Rasim Balayev as Azer |
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Leyla Shikhlinskaya as Azer's Girlfriend |
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Sadykh Gusejnov as |
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Mukhtar Maniyev as Bolshevik |
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Ramiz Melikov as |
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Nidzhat Bekirzade as Neighbour |
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Alasgar Ibrahimov as Bolshevik |
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Abdul Mahmudov as Photographer |
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Dadash Kazimov as Drunk Man |
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Gumrah Rahimov as |
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Bakhadur Aliyev as Neighbour |
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Kamil Magerramov as |
| Directing | Arif Babayev | Director |
| Writing | Ramiz Fataliyev | Screenplay |
| Camera | Rasim Ojagov | Director of Photography |
| Art | Fikret Bagirov | Production Design |
| Sound | Aziz Sheikhov | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Faraj Garayev | Original Music Composer |