The Gift to Stalin
2008 · 97 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 292 VOTES · DIR. Rustem Abdrashov
Overview
A Jewish child deported to Kazakhstan is saved and adopted by Kasym, an old Kazakh railway-man. Kasym gives him a Kazakh name, Sabyr, that in Kazakh language means humble. The child grows up in the small Kazakh village along with other deportees Vera, a traitor's wife, and Ezhik a Polish doctor. The Soviet militia harasses the poor peasants and Vera suffered the harassment of a bully cop: Bulgabi. Finally Vera accepts the marriage proposal of Ezhik but the jealous Bulgabi tries to prevent the marriage. The result is a fight in which Ezhik shoots himself accidentally. The old Kasym decides that Sabyr is now old enough to go to seek his real parents. At the end Sabyr, now an adult, decides to return to the village, but the village no longer exists because it was destroyed by a Soviet nuclear test.
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00:00:07 Hot water for sale! Let's buy hot water. Don't be greedy
00:03:58 l would get married.
00:06:43 Railroad man, half military.
00:11:07 Oh, Almighty, accept their innocent, dead bodies
00:17:23 ''Zhid''? Who is a ''zhid''?
00:21:18 Sashke!
00:25:30 Ok, Balgabai?
00:29:36 l had to call him my nephew.
00:32:58 Like a roaring lake.
00:37:48 for revolution and nation happiness by intent learning
00:40:34 Yes, l will. What do l need to do?
00:43:00 Let's count now.
00:45:01 What's up with you? What happened?
00:47:47 What if l make the gift?
00:51:23 No, my girlfriend put it on me before dying, l never take it off.
00:56:52 You puppy!
01:00:55 Hey! Lift up your eyes. Look here.
01:04:41 Whose is this Abraham?
01:07:15 A war came then.
01:11:30 Remember this spot, this land
01:16:45 The neck - for Verka, so you can turn around your Ezhi.
01:19:49 This is for you, Mr. Dombrovskuy from Balgabai.
01:25:31 Be happy, my son. Have a good trip.
01:31:11 and restless Faty have found rest.