Whirlpool (1986)
After the novel of the same name of M.Suleymanov. The film is about dramatic events between two workers.
Top billed cast
- Mammad MammadovMurad
Eglė GabrėnaitėNata- Eldar TaghiyevRuslan
Hamida OmarovaTamara- Vidadi HasanovAdil
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