
The Peasants
Drama · History
Overview
A historical revolutionary film depicting the struggle of peasants and the Baku proletariat against landowners and Musavatists in 1919.
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Alasgar Alakbarov
Alasgar Alakbarov
Aşıq Göydəmir
Alasgar Alakbarov
Aşıq Göydəmir


Mustafa Mardanov
Mustafa Mardanov
Təhməz / Menşevik
Mustafa Mardanov
Təhməz / Menşevik


Rza Darabli
Rza Darabli
Hacı Həsən
Rza Darabli
Hacı Həsən
Boris Baykov
Boris Baykov
Petra
Boris Baykov
Petra


Rza Afganli
Rza Afganli
Abbas
Rza Afganli
Abbas


Sidgi Ruhulla
Sidgi Ruhulla
Pristav
Sidgi Ruhulla
Pristav


Eli Gurbanov
Eli Gurbanov
ağ saçlı
Eli Gurbanov
ağ saçlı


Mohsun Sanani
Mohsun Sanani
Eldar
Mohsun Sanani
Eldar


Heiri Emirzade
Heiri Emirzade
Mehmandar bəy
Heiri Emirzade
Mehmandar bəy
Tamara Isgandarova
Tamara Isgandarova
Ülfət
Tamara Isgandarova
Ülfət
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