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.
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Hasanagha Turabov
Mehdi
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Shahmar Alakbarov
Yusif
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Sergei Kurilov
Mereshkovski
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Rasim Balayev
Azer
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Sadykh Gusejnov
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Mukhtar Maniyev
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Ramiz Melikov
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Alasgar Ibrahimov
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Arif Babayev Director · Ramiz Fataliyev Screenplay Faraj Garayev Composer
First release September 16, 1974 · Produced in Russia, Azerbaijan, Russia · Languages Azerbaijani, Russian
Production
Azerbaijanfilm
Production
Russia · Azerbaijan · Russia
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Original title
Ömrün ilk Saatı
Original language
Azerbaijani
Spoken on screen
Azerbaijani · Russian
Release dates
Russia · September 16, 1974
Theatrical · Azerbaijani · Baku
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
February 10, 1975 · Theatrical · Russian · Moscow
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