Smoke of the Fatherland

Smoke of the Fatherland (1980)

History

The Great Russian scientist, famous politician and poet M.Lomonosov is severely ill. Understanding that there is not much time left for him to live, he decides to visit his beloved small native town. Taking a coach, he heads for the motherland of his ancestors. A shaky road raises thoughts and reminiscences about his days of youth, about the time when he was young and unknown, how he made first steps on his long way of the truth comprehension. He recollects early death and funeral of his mother, the repeated, and not very successful marriage of his father, hatred of stepmother, care of godfather, who gave him the books of Peter the Great, wandering monk, who taught him the fundamentals of science, Latin, and, of course, his first love.

Director: Yaropolk Lapshin
Writers: Eduard Volodarskiy, Vladimir Akimov.

Casts

	Mikhail Zimin as
	Andrey Nikolaev as
	Pyotr Velyaminov as
	Vladimir Samoylov as
	Valentina Ananina as
	Igor Ledogorov as
	Tamara Syomina as
	Vladimir Pitsek as
	Dariya Mikhaylova as
	Viktor Shulgin as
	Vadim Nikitin as
	Elizaveta Volgina as

Crew