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Paradise Under The Shade of Swords (1992)
Directed by Mikhail Lanchava, Islam Kaziev
War, Drama, Action, History · 1h 16m
19th century. Russia, one of the biggest and most powerful empires in the world is fighting a bloody war to subjugate the free peoples of the Caucasus. In 1828 Caucasian Imamate was established in order to unite Caucasian peoples against Russia under the banner of Islam. By 1834 the situation is dire. Ghazi-Muhammad, the leader of the Imamate, gets killed in an ambush by the Russian forces. One of his loyal warriors, Shamil, barely escapes alive. The fight must continue, but the future is uncertain.
Cast
H
Huseyn Khalimbekov
Shamil
G
Georgy Darchiashvili
Imam Gamzat-bek
Valeriy Barinov
General
R
Rupat Charakov
Ghazi-Muhammad
H
Huseyn Kaziev
Mohammad-Ali
Aleksandr Pashutin
Military Historian
Vano Yantbelidze
Khasaykhan Utsmiev
P
Patimat Khizroyeva
Shamil's Mother
B
Bagand Magomedov
Abdul-Aziz
A
Arifula Makhayev
Said Igalinsky
Crew
- Director
- Mikhail Lanchava, Islam Kaziev
- Writer
- Islam Kaziev
- Director of Photography
- Elizbar Karavayev
- Original Music Composer
- Murad Kazhlayev
Details
- Original title
- Рай под тенью сабель
- Release date
- 1992-03-03
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Genres
- War, Drama, Action, History
- Original language
- RU
- Spoken languages
- Russian
- Countries
- Russia
- Production
- Tarkifilm