The film portrays the life of the legendary Azerbaijani guerrilla of the Second World War Mehdi Huseynzadeh, who fought the Nazi forces in the present-day Italy and Slovenia, hence the film's name On distant shores referring to the Adriatic Sea.
Юрий Боголюбов
as Veselin
Андрей Файт
as Mazelli
Григорий Шпигель
as Shults
Николай Боголюбов
as Tinti
Nodar Shashigoglu
as Mehdi Huseynzadeh
Alasgar Alakbarov
as Ferrero
Лев Бордуков
as Karranti
Adil Isgandarov
as Rosselini
Mariya Figner
as Pepitta
Konstantin Adamov
as Veselin's Father
Salman Dadashov
as Spy
Lidiya Dronovskaya
as Planichka
