In the Name of the Motherland
About In the Name of the Motherland
A Soviet battalion is under German siege. Captain Ivan Safonov, played by Nikolai Kryuchkov, his mother Marfa, the paramedic Globa, played by Mikhail Zharov, and the doctor Kharitonov hold the place. Vsevolod Pudovkin plays a German general. The script comes from Konstantin Simonov's play Russian People.
Cast & crew
More about In the Name of the Motherland
Pudovkin and Dmitri Vasilyev directed. Simonov wrote the play, and he shares the script credit with the two directors. Boris Volchek, Era Savelyeva, and Boris Aretskiy photographed it. Boris Volsky wrote the music. It runs 94 minutes. Wikidata dates the release July 20, 1943. The Russian title is Во имя Родины. TsOKS, the wartime studio in Alma-Ata, is the production base Wikipedia names alongside Mosfilm.
Themes
Background
Simonov's play was a wartime stage hit. The film opened on July 20, 1943, in the middle of the war it depicts.
Making
Pudovkin and Vasilyev shot Simonov's siege play at the evacuated studio, and Pudovkin took the German general's part himself.
Look
Boris Volchek, Era Savelyeva, and Boris Aretskiy shared the photography on the siege.
Music
Boris Volsky composed the score.
Notes
- Yelena Tyapkina plays Marfa Petrovna Safonova. Mariya Pastukhova plays Valya Anoshchenko.
- Vladimir Gribkov is Dr. Kharitonov. Olga Zhizneva is his wife. Pyotr Aleynikov plays Ilyin.
- Boris Poslavsky plays the German colonel Werner.
- Pudovkin is in the cast as well as directing.
- Simonov's play Russian People is the source, not a novel.
Scenes
- Safonov's battalion holds while the Germans have the town surrounded.
- Pudovkin appears as the German general opposite Kryuchkov's captain.
Influenced by
- Konstantin Simonov's play Russian People
