The Gift to Stalin
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Rustem Abdrashev
Dalen Shintemirov
Nurzhuman Ikhtymbayev
Bakhtiar Khoja
Katerina Rednikova
Alexander Bashirov
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Set in Kazakhstan in 1949, during a time when minorities were forced to move to central Asia by the former Soviet government. A Jewish kid named Sashka is on a train with his grandfather, being deported with others. His grandfather dies on the train and he has to get off with the body at a small village. He meets an old man, Kasym, and stays with him. But the tragedy is upon the village. Every villager is killed and only Sashka survived.
Director
Rustem Abdrashev
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Limited Release in United States Spring March 18, 2011
Released in United States January 2009
Released in United States October 2008
Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (World Cinema Now) January 6-19, 2009.
Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (Opening) October 2-10, 2008.
Released in United States January 2009 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (World Cinema Now) January 6-19, 2009.)
Limited Release in United States Spring March 18, 2011 (New York City.)
Released in United States October 2008 (Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (Opening) October 2-10, 2008.)
