Ballad of an Old Gun

Ballad of an Old Gun
Directed by Gennadi Voronin
Produced by Igor Tolstunov
Written by Vatslav Mikhalsky
Starring Patimat Khizroyeva
Sergei Skripkin
Aleksandr Demyanenko
Music by Anna Ikramova
Cinematography Leonid Litvak
Edited by Tamara Krivosheina
Release date
  • 12 May 1986 (1986-05-12)
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Running time
86 minutes
Country Soviet Union
Language Russian

Ballad of an Old Gun (Russian: Баллада о старом оружии, translit. Ballada o starom oruzhii) is a 1986 Soviet drama film directed by Gennadi Voronin.

Plot

In a remote mountain village fathers and mothers accompany their sons to the front. According to tradition, the Highlander does not have to give up weapons of their ancestors. Mature Patimat asks lieutenant Zvorykin convey her sons Sultan and Magomed ancient ancestral daggers. He disagrees, afraid to break the charter. But you can not break the habit, so a single mother, taking up arms, she goes in search of his sons.

Cast

  • Patimat Khizroyeva as Patimat
  • Sergei Skripkin as lieutenant Zvorykin
  • Aleksandr Demyanenko as driver Ivanov
  • Viktor Bortsov as driver Gritsenko
  • Leonid Belozorovich as Kirill Tsirkachev
  • Boris Klyuyev as SS officer
  • Valentina Klyagina as nurse

Location

Filming took place in Gunib (Dagestan).

References

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