The Gift to Stalin (2008)
2008 · 1h 37m · Drama
Genres: Drama
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.
Director: Rustem Abdrashov
Writers: Ermek Tursunov, Pavel Finn
Cinematography: Khasan Kydyraliyev
Budget: $2M
Cast
Nurzhuman Ihtymbaev as KasymDalen Shintemirov as SashkaDavid Markish as Aleksandr PovznerYekaterina Rednikova as VerkaWaldemar Szczepaniak as Jerzy DąbrowskiAleksandr Bashirov as MajorBakhtiyar Kozha as BalgabayErbolat Toguzakov as FatyKasym Zhakibayev as ShamanSergei Yursky as Narrator (voice)Assel Sadvakassova as Young Kazakh WomanTurakhan Sadykova as BansyMore like this
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