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Man Casts an Anchor

1967 · 75 min

A sincere, slow-burning tribute to oilfield camaraderie that feels like a earnest workplace drama with a warm human core.

Directed by
Arif Babayev
Genres
Drama
Starring
Alasgar Ibrahimov, Hadjimurad Yegizarov, Hokuma Gurbanova
Overview
The film is about an oilman who took a lost worker's place and won the respect of other oilmen, was also based on this same ideology, depicting the heroism of oil workers, who never became exhausted and continued working in oil, generation after generation.

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Directed by
Arif Babayev
Genres
Drama
Starring
Alasgar Ibrahimov, Hadjimurad Yegizarov, Hokuma Gurbanova
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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • loyalty
  • class
  • family
  • redemption
Places
  • workplace
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Arif Babayev
Written by
Imran Kasumov
Starring
Alasgar Ibrahimov, Hadjimurad Yegizarov, Hokuma Gurbanova, Ismail Efendiyev, Lyudmila Marchenko, Arkadi Tolbuzin, Zemfira Tsakhilova, Aleksandr Petrov
Music
Gara Garayev
Cinematography
Arif Narimanbekov
Runtime
75 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Azerbaijani, Russian

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