The Avenger of Ganjabasar (1974)
The film is about the rebellion in Ganja in 1919-1920 at the head of Gatir Mammad.
Top billed cast
Shahmar AlakbarovGatir Mammad
Rasim BalayevAziz
Hasan MammadovSamad
Aladdin AbbasovGoyush
Safura IbrahimovaHabiba
Mammadrza SheikhzamanovGubernator
Olev EskolaMuller
Anatoliy FalkovichScott
Samandar RzayevAhad
Ismail DaghistanliFatali Khan Khoyski
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