Interrogation (, ) is a 1980 Soviet

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directed by

Rustam Ibragimbekov Rustam Mammad Ibrahim oghlu Ibrahimbeyov (or Ibrahimbekov; ; ; 5 February 1939 – 11 March 2022) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani screenwriter, playwright and producer, well known beyond his home Azerbaijan and the former Soviet Union. He was the c ...

and Rasim Ojagov. The film premiered in April 1980 in Moscow.

Plot

Investigator Seifi Ganiev runs the case of an illegal

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shop's head Murad Abiyev, who confessed to embezzlement of one million

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from public funds. Abiyev is also accused of the murder of an underage girl that occurred in

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shortly after Abiyev saw her. He denies his guilt, but does not name the perpetrators though he knows them, even though he is facing the

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. The investigator understands that some high-ranking officials stand behind Abiyev, but he has no proof. Ganiev seeks to obtain from the prisoner the whole truth to bring the criminals to justice.

Cast

* Alexander Kalyagin as Captain Seifi Ganiev * Hasan Memmedov as Murad Abiev (voiced by

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) * Shafiga Mammadova as Gülya Ganieva * Elena Prudnikova as Ayan Abieva * Rasim Balayev as Police Colonel Elmar * Tofik Mirzoev as Teymur * Hasanagha Turabov as General * Elkhan Agaguseynov as Dadashev *

Yevgeni Lebedev Yevgeni Alekseyevich Lebedev ( rus, Евгeний Алeксeeвич Лeбeдeв, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ɐlʲɪkˈsʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲebʲɪdʲɪf; January 15, 1917, Balakovo – June 9, 1997, Saint Petersburg) was a Soviet and Russian actor and ...

as Abiev's prison cell mate * Gumrakh Rakhimov as Policeman

Awards

* 1980 - 13th

All-Union Film Festival The All-Union Film Festival (; tr.:''Vsesoyuznyy kinofestival'', also known as ВКФ; ''VKF'') was one of the most important film festivals of the Soviet Union. It was founded in 1958 and held regularly from 1964 to 1988. It was held annually fr ...

: Grand Prize in the feature film section.''KINO: Entsiklopedicheskiy slovar’'', cured by S.I. Yutkevich, ''

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'', 1987, p.83.

References

External links

* Soviet-era Azerbaijani films Soviet crime drama films Soviet black-and-white films Russian crime drama films Soviet detective films Russian-language crime drama films 1980 crime drama films 1980 films 1980s Russian-language films Azerbaijanfilm films Films directed by Rasim Ojagov Films about capital punishment 1980s Soviet films {{1980s-crime-drama-film-stub