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The Gift to Stalin

The Gift to Stalin

Genres

Drama

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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.

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Budget

$2000000

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

97 mins

Rating

5.5/10

Release Date

06 October 2008

Country

Israel

Cast

S. Kunushaliyeva

S. Kunushaliyeva

Bakhtiar Khoja

Bakhtiar Khoja

Yekaterina Rednikova

Yekaterina Rednikova

Dalen Shintemirov

Dalen Shintemirov

Waldemar Szczepaniak

Waldemar Szczepaniak

Nurzhuman Ihtymbaev

Nurzhuman Ihtymbaev

Aleksandr Bashirov

Aleksandr Bashirov

Kasym Zhakibayev

Kasym Zhakibayev

Assel Sadvakasova

Assel Sadvakasova

Sergei Yursky

Sergei Yursky

Erbulat Toguzakov

Erbulat Toguzakov

David Markish

David Markish

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