
Execution Day
Drama · History
Overview
After the novel of the same name of Yusif Samadoghlu. The film is about three intervals in time: the distant past, yesterday and today, about innocent victims, about repression, and conquest of different countries.
Top Cast


Hamlet Xanizadeh
Hamlet Xanizadeh
Patient/ Sadi Afandi/ Poet
Hamlet Xanizadeh
Patient/ Sadi Afandi/ Poet


Eleonora Korisnaitė
Eleonora Korisnaitė
Maya/ Prisoner
Eleonora Korisnaitė
Maya/ Prisoner


Yashar Nuri
Yashar Nuri
Mahmud
Yashar Nuri
Mahmud


Aladdin Abbasov
Aladdin Abbasov
Zulfugar
Aladdin Abbasov
Zulfugar
Ibrahim Aliyev
Ibrahim Aliyev
Ibrahim Aliyev
Zulfugar Baratzadeh
Zulfugar Baratzadeh
Haja Anvar
Zulfugar Baratzadeh
Haja Anvar


Nasir Sadigzadeh
Nasir Sadigzadeh
Mukhtar Karimli
Nasir Sadigzadeh
Mukhtar Karimli
Mukhtar Ibadov
Mukhtar Ibadov
Salahov
Mukhtar Ibadov
Salahov


Abdul Mahmudov
Abdul Mahmudov
Tatar Tamir
Abdul Mahmudov
Tatar Tamir
Rahim Sadigbeyli
Rahim Sadigbeyli
Zulfugar (Young)
Rahim Sadigbeyli
Zulfugar (Young)
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