Ballad of an Old Gun (Russian: Баллада о старом оружии, romanizedBallada o starom oruzhii) is a 1986 Soviet war drama film directed by Gennadi Voronin.

Ballad of an Old Gun
Directed byGennadi Voronin
Written byVatslav Mikhalsky
Produced byIgor Tolstunov
StarringPatimat Khizroyeva
Sergei Skripkin
Aleksandr Demyanenko
CinematographyLeonid Litvak
Edited byTamara Krivosheina
Music byAnna Ikramova
Release date
  • 12 May 1986 (1986-05-12)
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Running time
86 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Plot edit

In a remote mountain village fathers and mothers accompany their sons to the front. According to tradition, the Highlander does not have to give up weapons of their ancestors. Mature Patimat asks lieutenant Zvorykin convey her sons Sultan and Magomed ancient ancestral daggers. He disagrees, afraid to break the charter. But you can not break the habit, so a single mother, taking up arms, she goes in search of his sons.

Cast edit

  • Patimat Khizroyeva as Patimat
  • Sergei Skripkin as lieutenant Zvorykin
  • Aleksandr Demyanenko as driver Ivanov
  • Viktor Bortsov as driver Gritsenko
  • Leonid Belozorovich as Kirill Tsirkachev
  • Boris Klyuyev as SS officer
  • Valentina Klyagina as nurse

Location edit

Filming took place in Gunib (Dagestan).

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