The Gift to Stalin
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$2000000
Revenue
$0
Runtime
97 min
Release Date
2008-10-06
Status
Released
Original Language
Russian
Vote Count
7
Vote Average
5.5
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Dalen Shintemirov
Waldemar Szczepaniak
Nurzhuman Ihtymbaev
Aleksandr Bashirov
Kasym Zhakibayev
Assel Sadvakassova
Sergei Yursky
David Markish
Erbolat Toguzakov
Bakhtiyar Kozha
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