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The Land of Our Fathers

The Land of Our Fathers

Genres

Drama

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An old man decides to find the body of his son, a Kazakh soldier who died fighting somewhere in Russia, to bury him in the land of his ancestors. Travelling across the land with his grandson, they discover the harsh reality of war. And when they finally find the coveted grave, they realise that many brothers-in-arms are buried with the soldier. Every inch of the great homeland becomes the land of our fathers, the land of the ancestors...

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

86 mins

Rating

6.1/10

Release Date

01 March 1966

Country

Soviet Union

Cast

Yeleubai Umurzakov

Yeleubai Umurzakov

Grandfather

Murat Akhmadiev

Murat Akhmadiev

Bayan

Viktor Shevtsov

Viktor Shevtsov

Yegor

Yuri Pomerantsev

Yuri Pomerantsev

Archaeologist

Tamara Kokova

Tamara Kokova

Sofya

Viktor Perevalov

Viktor Perevalov

Orphan

Radner Muratov

Radner Muratov

Circassian

Yaragi Zubayrayev

Yaragi Zubayrayev

Lyubov Malinovskaya

Lyubov Malinovskaya

Amina Umurzakova

Amina Umurzakova

Sholpan Altaybayeva

Sholpan Altaybayeva

B. Rutsinskiy

B. Rutsinskiy

Rakhmetulla Salmenov

Rakhmetulla Salmenov

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