My Motherland

1933 HistoryDrama 82 minutes Directed by Aleksandr Zarkhi

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About My Motherland

In 1929, during the fight over the Chinese Eastern Railway, Wang is pulled into a gang that is preparing an attack. After a raid on a Soviet border village, the Red Army takes him prisoner. He escapes with his officer.

Cast & crew

More about My Motherland

Iosif Kheifits and Aleksandr Zarkhi directed it. Mikhail Bleiman wrote it. Mikhail Kaplan photographed it. Gavriil Popov wrote the music. Lenfilm released it on 23 February 1933. It runs 82 minutes. Gennadiy Michurin, Yanina Zhejmo, and Alexander Melnikov are billed. The Russian title is Моя Родина.

Themes

  • A railway under attack
  • A recruit taken prisoner
  • An escape with an officer
  • Chinese Eastern Railway
  • Wang
  • Kheifits
  • Zarkhi
  • Lenfilm

Look

Mikhail Kaplan photographed the border village and the escape.

Music

Gavriil Popov wrote the music.

Notes

  • The conflict is the 1929 clash on the Chinese Eastern Railway.
  • Wang is a lodger who is recruited, then a prisoner.
  • Zhejmo is in the cast.

Scenes

  • Wang is recruited into the gang before the raid.
  • The Red Army takes him after the attack on the village.
  • He gets away with his officer.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (1933. Моя Родина.webm)

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