
The Stowaway
Drama
Overview
Orazbaz, who lives in Uzbek, longs to leave his tiny fishing village. He becomes a stowaway on a ship thinking that he will end up in Manhattan. Instead he ends up in Rotterdam and is taken in by a lonely woman, but he is eventually betrayed by her jealous husband.
Top Cast
Bekzod Mukhammadkarimov
Bekzod Mukhammadkarimov
Orazbai
Bekzod Mukhammadkarimov
Orazbai


Ariane Schluter
Ariane Schluter
Katharina
Ariane Schluter
Katharina


Rick van Gastel
Rick van Gastel
Maarten
Rick van Gastel
Maarten


Dirk Roofthooft
Dirk Roofthooft
Zeeman
Dirk Roofthooft
Zeeman
Sjamoerat Oetemratov
Sjamoerat Oetemratov
Vader
Sjamoerat Oetemratov
Vader
Culnar Aidzjanava
Culnar Aidzjanava
Aydin
Culnar Aidzjanava
Aydin


Roef Ragas
Roef Ragas
Collega Zeeman
Roef Ragas
Collega Zeeman


Ad van Kempen
Ad van Kempen
Kapitein
Ad van Kempen
Kapitein
Karamat Primbetov
Karamat Primbetov
Iso
Karamat Primbetov
Iso
Leda Elueva
Leda Elueva
Bibigul
Leda Elueva
Bibigul
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