The Gift to Stalin

The Gift to Stalin

2008
1h 37m
5.5

5.5/10

7 votes • View on IMDb
Drama
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.

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Status: Released

Budget: $2,000,000

Language: RU

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Production Information

Production Companies
Tor Films Aldongar Production Kazakhfilm Studios
Production Countries
Israel Kazakhstan Poland Russia
Spoken Languages
Russian Kazakh Hebrew

Keywords

kazakhstan joseph stalin

Quick Facts

Original Title Подарок Сталину
Release Date October 6, 2008
Status Released
Language RU
IMDb ID tt1305027

Cast

Nurzhuman Ihtymbaev
Nurzhuman Ihtymbaev

Kasym

Dalen Shintemirov
Dalen Shintemirov

Sashka

David Markish
David Markish

Aleksandr Povzner

Yekaterina Rednikova
Yekaterina Rednikova

Verka

Waldemar Szczepaniak
Waldemar Szczepaniak

Jerzy Dąbrowski

Aleksandr Bashirov
Aleksandr Bashirov

Major

Bakhtiyar Kozha
Bakhtiyar Kozha

Balgabay

Erbolat Toguzakov
Erbolat Toguzakov

Faty

Kasym Zhakibayev
Kasym Zhakibayev

Shaman

Sergei Yursky
Sergei Yursky

Narrator (voice)

Assel Sadvakassova
Assel Sadvakassova

Young Kazakh Woman

Turakhan Sadykova
Turakhan Sadykova

Bansy

Key Crew

Ermek Tursunov
Screenplay
Pavel Finn
Screenplay
Rustem Abdrashov
Director