Fortress (2008)
A drama about a film crew making a movie in an isolated mountain town famous for its ancient fortress, and what happens when the town is threatened by a modern-day foreign invasion.
Top billed cast
Rasim BalayevSoltan- Vidadi HasanovAbil Teacher
Yulia PeresildGalina
Mammad AliliKhanbala
Mabud MaharramovRafig Teacher
Elman RafiyevSeyid
Sona MikailovaAsli
Yuri BaliyevNikolai
Firangiz MutallimovaNazpari
Gorkhmaz AliliDirector
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