The Golden Goose (1972)
The film is about the fishing island.
Top billed cast
Hasan MammadovFarman
Shukur BurkhanovAghabala
Tofig TaghizadehTeymur Mukhtarov
Leyla ShikhlinskayaShafiga
Hasanagha TurabovFazilov- Ivan RijovYakob Mitroshin
Sadig HuseynovAlihuseyn
Shahmar AlakbarovRizvan
Rafig AzimovGunduz
Mammadrza SheikhzamanovMahmud
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