Fair Wind

Fair Wind

1974 · 96 min · ★ 8.5 · History, Drama, War

Jan Vacek, a revolutionary of Czech origin, organizes the retreat of communist troops in Baku after the Bolshevik Revolution, following the fall of the local commune...

Directed by Eldar Quliyev · Written by Yusif Samadoghlu

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