The Winds Blow in Baku
1974 · 1h 25m · N/A
Action, Adventure, History, War
Directed by
Mukhtar Dadashev
Overview
Summer 1942. Nazi troops storm the Caucasus. They are rushing to get their hands on Baku oil. An Abwehr special group called "Wartburg" has settled in the Nalchik area. In Baku, German spy Ziegel (Pavel Kadochnikov) heads to the oil fields from Maykop under the name of Soviet engineer Kashtanov. Tankers carrying gasoline begin to explode in the Caspian Sea. Soviet counterintelligence agent "Khazri" infiltrates "Wartburg"...
Director and cast
- Mukhtar Dadashev Director
- Shakhmar Alekperov as Azad
- Shahmar Alakbarov as Azad
- Gasan Mamedov as Tahir
- Hasan Mammadov as Tahir Dzhalilovich
- Nikolay Fedortsov as Orlov
- Rza Tahmasib as Shahmar bey
- Pavel Kadochnikov as Kashtanov
- Aleksandr Afanasev as Shtelling
- Ingrīda Andriņa as Erica
- Ismail Osmanli as Alibala
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