They Have a Motherland
About They Have a Motherland
Soviet officers search West Germany for an orphanage of Soviet children taken away during the war and now watched by British intelligence. Lieutenant colonel Aleksey Dobrynin is played by Pavel Kadochnikov, and major Vsevolod Sorokin by Vsevolod Sanayev. Natasha Zashchipina plays Ira Sokolova. Mikhail Astangov plays the orphanage chief, Captain Robert Scott. Aleksandr Faintsimmer and Vladimir Legoshin directed, from a play by Sergey Mikhalkov.
Cast & crew
More about They Have a Motherland
Mikhalkov is the writer on Wikidata. Aleksandr Gintsburg photographed it and Aram Khachaturian composed the score. Wikidata lists 83 minutes and the year 1949.
Themes
Background
The story is set after the war, with Soviet children still in a West German orphanage under British supervision.
Look
Aleksandr Gintsburg photographed the Gorky Film Studio production.
Music
Aram Khachaturian is the composer on Wikidata.
Notes
- Vera Maretskaya plays Sasha Butuzov's mother and Lyonya Kotov plays Sasha.
- Faina Ranevskaya plays the café owner Frau Wurst.
- Lidiya Smirnova plays the orphanage teacher Smayda.
- Viktor Stanitsyn plays Colonel Barkley.
Scenes
- Dobrynin and Sorokin look for the orphanage where Captain Scott is in charge of the Soviet children.
Influenced by
- Sergey Mikhalkov's play
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (1949. У них есть Родина.webm)
