CinemaOSMovie · 2008 · 1h 37m

The Gift to Stalin

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A Jewish child deported to Kazakhstan is saved and adopted by Kasym, an old Kazakh railway-man. Kasym gives him a Kazakh name, Sabyr, that in Kazakh language means humble. The child grows up in the small Kazakh village along with other deportees Vera, a traitor's wife, and Ezhik a Polish doctor. The Soviet militia harasses the poor peasants and Vera suffered the harassment of a bully cop: Bulgabi. Finally Vera accepts the marriage proposal of Ezhik but the jealous Bulgabi tries to prevent the marriage. The result is a fight in which Ezhik shoots himself accidentally. The old Kasym decides that Sabyr is now old enough to go to seek his real parents. At the end Sabyr, now an adult, decides to return to the village, but the village no longer exists because it was destroyed by a Soviet nuclear test.

Directed byRustem Abdrashov

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 37m
Language
RU
Released
October 6, 2008
Budget
$2,000,000
Studios
Kazakhfilm StudiosTor FilmsAldongar Production

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Nurzhuman Ihtymbaev

Nurzhuman Ihtymbaev

Kasym

Dalen Shintemirov

Sashka

David Markish

Aleksandr Povzner

Yekaterina Rednikova

Yekaterina Rednikova

Verka

Waldemar Szczepaniak

Jerzy Dąbrowski

Aleksandr Bashirov

Aleksandr Bashirov

Major

Bakhtiyar Kozha

Bakhtiyar Kozha

Balgabay

Erbolat Toguzakov

Erbolat Toguzakov

Faty

Kasym Zhakibayev

Kasym Zhakibayev

Shaman

Sergei Yursky

Sergei Yursky

Narrator (voice)

Creative team
Directed by
Rustem Abdrashov
Rustem Abdrashov
Written by
Ermek Tursunov
Ermek Tursunov
Pavel Finn
Pavel Finn

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