They Have a Motherland
1949 Soviet film
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They Have a Motherland (Russian: У них есть Родина) is a 1949 Soviet World War II film directed by Aleksandr Faintsimmer and Vladimir Legoshin.[1][2]
Directed by
- Aleksandr Faintsimmer
- Vladimir Legoshin
Written bySergey Mikhalkov
Starring
- Natasha Zashchipina
- Lyonya Kotov
- Pavel Kadochnikov
- Vera Maretskaya
- Vsevolod Sanayev
CinematographyAleksandr Gintsburg
| They Have a Motherland | |
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| Russian: У них есть Родина | |
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| Written by | Sergey Mikhalkov |
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| Cinematography | Aleksandr Gintsburg |
| Music by | Aram Khachaturian |
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Running time | 83 min. |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Plot
The film tells about the representatives of Soviet intelligence, who are trying to find in West Germany an orphanage with Soviet children, which is under the supervision of British intelligence.[3]
Cast
- Natasha Zashchipina[4] as Ira Sokolova
- Lyonya Kotov as Sasha Butuzov
- Pavel Kadochnikov as lieutenant colonel Aleksey Petrovich Dobrynin
- Vera Maretskaya as Sasha's mother
- Vsevolod Sanayev as major Vsevolod Vasilyevich Sorokin
- Lidiya Smirnova as orphanage teacher Smayda
- Gennady Yudin as chauffeur Kurt
- Faina Ranevskaya[5] as café owner frau Vurst
- Vladimir Solovyov[6] as Upmanis
- Mikhail Astangov as orphanage chief captain Robert Scott
- Viktor Stanitsyn as colonel Barkley
- Aleksandr Khokhlov as Cook
- Vergily Renin as captain Johnson
- Yudif Glizer as journalist Dodge
