The Land of Our Fathers (1966)
An old man decides to find the body of his son, a Kazakh soldier who died fighting somewhere in Russia, to bury him in the land of his ancestors. Travelling across the land with his grandson, they discover the harsh reality of war. And when they finally find the coveted grave, they realise that many brothers-in-arms are buried with the soldier. Every inch of the great homeland becomes the land of our fathers, the land of the ancestors...
Director: Shaken Aimanov
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Yeleubai Umurzakov as Grandfather |
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Murat Akhmadiev as Bayan |
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Viktor Shevtsov as Yegor |
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Yuri Pomerantsev as Archaeologist |
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Tamara Kokova as Sofya |
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Viktor Perevalov as Orphan |
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Radner Muratov as Circassian |
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Yaragi Zubayrayev as |
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Lyubov Malinovskaya as |
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Amina Umurzakova as |
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Sholpan Altaybayeva as |
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B. Rutsinskiy as |
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Rakhmetulla Salmenov as |
| Writing | Olzhas Suleymenov | Writer |
| Directing | Shaken Aimanov | Director |
| Sound | Erkegali Rakhmadiyev | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Murat Aymanov | Director of Photography |
| Art | Kulakhmet Khodzhikov | Production Design |