

82 minutes
12/1/1975
The novelette was written by I.Huseynov. In the film, the problem of war is viewed from the perspective of love. Almost all of the men of the village are at the battlefront. The women who stayed in the night and day to support their efforts. Children wake up in the middle of the night, crying for bread. All of the villagers feel anxious for the men to return. Mothers are waiting for their sons; wives, for their husbands and children, for their fathers. When Sayali's husband dies at the front, her husband's friend Jabrayil proposes to her. The people of the village are furious. Jabrayil's brothers leave home, convinced that their family has been disgraced. One brother goesw crazy; the other fall ill and dies. The only person who doesn't blame Jabrayil is the "agsaggal" (the wise old man) of the village - Isfandiyar Kishi. In this film, note single sound of weaponry is heard, not are any battle scenes depicted, yet we still witness the inherent tragedy of war.

Akif Maharramov
as Tapdig

Mammadrza Sheikhzamanov
as Isfandiyar

Yusif Veliyev
as Gilinc Gurban

Safura Ibrahimova
as Ismat

Lia Eliava
as Sayali

Khalida Guliyeva
as Milli

Shukufa Yusupova
as Tutu

Otkam Isgandarov
as Nuru

Sadig Huseynov
as Rza

Süsan Macidova
as Sughra

Gumrah Rahimov
as Mukhtar

Zemfira Sadigova
as Khadija

Vagif Mustafayev

Mukhtar Avsharov

Sədaqət Zülfüqarova
as Villager

Samaya Musayeva

Mammadsadig Nuriyev
as Salim

Sadig Hasanzadeh
as Zahid

Garay Alibeyov

Shamil Suleymanli
as Jumru
Javahir Bayramova
as Villager
Shamsi Shamsizadeh
as Tahir

Mihai Volontir
as Jabrail

Rasim Balayev
as Nuru (voice)

Shahmar Alakbarov
as Jabrail (voice)

Amina Yusifgizi
as Sayali (voice)

Ofeliya Sanani
as Ismat (voice)

Samandar Rzayev
as Mukhtar (voice)

Azizagha Gasimov
as Zahid (voice)

Ramiz Melikov
as Tapdig (voice)

Hasanagha Turabov
as Rahman (voice)