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Far from the Motherland

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Far from the Motherland
Poster
Directed byAleksei Shvachko
Written byYuri Dold-Mikhajlik
Based onI odin v pole voin
by Yuri Dold-Mikhajlik
StarringVadim Medvedev
Nina Veselovskaya
Vsevolod Aksyonov
CinematographyMikhail Chorny
Edited byT. Lapoknish
Music byIhor Shamo
Production
company
Release date
  • 9 May 1960 (1960-05-09)
Running time
83 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Far from the Motherland (Russian: Вдали от Родины, romanizedVdali 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, romanizedI odin v pole voin; 1957).[1][2][3]

Plot

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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.[4]

Release

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Far from the Motherland was released in the Soviet Union on 9 May 1960 (Victory Day).[5][6]

It was the highest-grossing film in the Soviet Union for 1960, with 42 million tickets sold.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Engel, Christine; Binder, Eva (January 12, 1999). Geschichte des sowjetischen und russischen Films. J.B. Metzler. ISBN 9783476015464 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Far from the Motherland (1960)" – via letterboxd.com.
  5. ^ А, Игнатенко А.; А, Гусак В. (May 21, 2014). К вопросу об Ихтиандре. Directmedia. ISBN 9785445856573 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Раззаков, Федор (September 5, 2017). Гибель советского кино. Интриги и споры. 1918-1972. Litres. ISBN 9785425088185 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Kudryavtsev, Sergey (4 July 2006). "Отечественные фильмы в советском кинопрокате" [Domestic Films in Soviet Film Distribution]. LiveJournal (in Russian). Retrieved 4 February 2019.
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