| 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 | Dovzhenko Film Studios |
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| Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
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).
Plot
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.
Release
Far from the Motherland was released in the Soviet Union on 9 May 1960 (Victory Day).
It was the highest-grossing film in the Soviet Union for 1960, with 42 million tickets sold.
References
- "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
- Far from the Motherland at IMDb
- Вдали от Родины (1960) фильм on YouTube (in Russian, no subtitles)
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