5.5The Gift to Stalin · 2008
The Gift to Stalin (2008) is a Drama film directed by Rustem Abdrashov, starring Nurzhuman Ihtymbaev, Dalen Shintemirov, David Markish.
Drama
5.5Overview
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.
Cast
Nurzhuman Ihtymbaev, Dalen Shintemirov, David Markish, Yekaterina Rednikova, Waldemar Szczepaniak, Aleksandr Bashirov, Bakhtiyar Kozha, Erbolat Toguzakov
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What is "The Gift to Stalin" about?
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.
When was "The Gift to Stalin" released?
The Gift to Stalin was released in 2008.
Who stars in "The Gift to Stalin"?
The cast includes Nurzhuman Ihtymbaev, Dalen Shintemirov, David Markish, Yekaterina Rednikova.
