They Have a Motherland (1949)
The Great Patriotic War is over, but Major Sorokin and Colonel Dobrygin still have a lot to do for their homeland. They must go to West Germany in order to find and return the children who were taken out of the Soviet Union by the Nazis and are now kept in atrocious conditions under the supervision of British intelligence. Former allies want to grow real spies out of their children.
Directors:
Alexandr Faintsimmer, Vladimir Legoshin.
Writer:
Sergey Mikhalkov
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Natalya Zashchipina as Ира Соколова |
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Leonid Kotov as Саша Бутузов |
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Pavel Kadochnikov as Добрынин |
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Vera Maretskaya as |
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Vsevolod Sanayev as |
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Faina Ranevskaya as |
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Mikhail Astangov as |
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Viktor Stanitsyn as Barkli |
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Yelena Anufriyeva as Weaver |
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Boris Surovtsev as |
| Directing | Alexandr Faintsimmer | Director |
| Directing | Vladimir Legoshin | Director |
| Camera | Aleksandr Gintsburg | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Aram Khachaturyan | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Sergey Mikhalkov | Screenplay |
| Art | Aleksandr Dikhtyar | Production Design |
| Sound | Dmitri Flyangolts | Sound Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Z. Sveshnikova | Costume Design |
| Camera | Grair Garibyan | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Vladimir Gerasimov | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Grigoriy Gamburg | Conductor |
| Production | G. Kharlamov | Executive Producer |