The Devil under the Windshield

A journalist is investigating a group of poachers who are illegally selling the huge amounts of fish

Cast

Fakhraddin Manafov

as Teymur

Larisa Khalafova

as Sona

Hasan Mammadov

as Sabir

Rasim Balayev

as Nazarov

Hamlet Khanizadeh

as Pashayev

Yashar Nuri

as Nazimzadeh

Hadji Ismailov

as Fisherman

Radmila Aliyeva

as Leyla

Nadir Azmammadov

as Truck Driver

Tahir Tahirov

as Sultanchik

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