Far from the Motherland (Russian: Вдали от Родины, romanized: Vdali ot Rodiny) is a 1960 Soviet spy film directed by Aleksei Shvachko and written by Yuri Dold-Mikhajlik, based on his novel And One Warrior in the Field (Russian: И один в поле воин, romanized: I odin v pole voin (1957).[1][2][3]
| Far from the Motherland | |
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 Poster | |
| Directed by | Aleksei Shvachko |
| Written by | Yuri Dold-Mikhajlik |
| Based on | I odin v pole voin by Yuri Dold-Mikhajlik |
| Starring | Vadim Medvedev Nina Veselovskaya Vsevolod Aksyonov |
| Cinematography | Mikhail Chorny |
| Edited by | T. Lapoknish |
| Music by | Ihor Shamo |
Production company | |
Release date | 9 May 1960 |
Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Plot edit
During the Second World War, a Soviet agent goes deep undercover in Nazi Germany to find the location of the secret underground plant that produces new weapons.[4]
Release edit
Far from the Motherland was released in the Soviet Union on 9 May 1960 (Victory Day).[5][6]
It was the highest-grossing film in the Soviet Union for 1960, with 42 million tickets sold.[7]
References edit
- ^ "UCL SSEES Library: Bain Graffy Film Collection: DVD-4660". www.ucl.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2021-10-25. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
- ^ Archives, International Federation of Film; Cemodanova, Natalija (June 4, 2019). Soviet Union (from the beginnings to 1991). Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 9783111624341 – via Google Books.
- ^ Engel, Christine; Binder, Eva (January 12, 1999). Geschichte des sowjetischen und russischen Films. J.B. Metzler. ISBN 9783476015464 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Far from the Motherland (1960)" – via letterboxd.com.
- ^ А, Игнатенко А.; А, Гусак В. (May 21, 2014). К вопросу об Ихтиандре. Directmedia. ISBN 9785445856573 – via Google Books.
- ^ Раззаков, Федор (September 5, 2017). Гибель советского кино. Интриги и споры. 1918-1972. Litres. ISBN 9785425088185 – via Google Books.
- ^ Kudryavtsev, Sergey (4 July 2006). "Отечественные фильмы в советском кинопрокате" [Domestic Films in Soviet Film Distribution]. LiveJournal (in Russian). Retrieved 4 February 2019.
External links edit
- Far from the Motherland at IMDb
- Вдали от Родины (1960) фильм on YouTube (in Russian, no subtitles)
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