Far from the Motherland

Far from the Motherland
Far from the Motherland
	Poster
Directed by	Aleksei Shvachko
Written by	Yuri Dold-Mikhajlik
Based on	I odin v pole voin; by Yuri Dold-Mikhajlik
Starring	Vadim Medvedev; Nina Veselovskaya; Vsevolod Aksyonov
Cinematography	Mikhail Chorny
Edited by	T. Lapoknish
Music by	Ihor Shamo
Production; company	Dovzhenko Film Studios
Release date	9 May 1960;
Running time	83 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

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

Plot

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

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

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

External links

Far from the Motherland at IMDb
Вдали от Родины (1960) фильм on YouTube (in Russian, no subtitles)

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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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