Far from the Motherland

1960 film by Aleksei Shvachko

Far from the Motherland

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Directed by| Aleksei Shvachko
Written by| Yuri Dold-Mikhajlik
Based on| I odin v pole voin
by Yuri Dold-Mikhajlik
Starring| Vadim Medvedev
Nina Veselovskaya
Vsevolod Aksyonov
Cinematography| Mikhail Chorny
Edited by| T. Lapoknish
Music by| Ihor Shamo

Production
company

Dovzhenko Film Studios

Release date

* 9 May 1960 (1960-05-09)

Running time

| 83 minutes
Country| Soviet Union
Language| Russian

Far from the Motherland (Russian: Вдали от Родины, romanized: Vdali ot Rodiny) is a 1960 Soviet spy film directed by Aleksei Shvachko and written by Yuri Dold-Mikhajlik, based on his novel And One Warrior in the Field (Russian: И один в поле воин, romanized: I odin v pole voin; 1957).[1][2][3]

## Plot

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During the Second World War, a Soviet agent goes deep undercover in Nazi Germany to find the location of the secret underground plant that produces new weapons.[4]

## Release

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Far from the Motherland was released in the Soviet Union on 9 May 1960 (Victory Day).[5][6]

It was the highest-grossing film in the Soviet Union for 1960, with 42 million tickets sold.[7]

## References

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1. ^ "UCL SSEES Library: Bain Graffy Film Collection: DVD-4660". www.ucl.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2021-10-25. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
2. ^ Archives, International Federation of Film; Cemodanova, Natalija (June 4, 2019). Soviet Union (from the beginnings to 1991). Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 9783111624341 - via Google Books.
3. ^ Engel, Christine; Binder, Eva (January 12, 1999). Geschichte des sowjetischen und russischen Films. J.B. Metzler. ISBN 9783476015464 - via Google Books.
4. ^ "Far from the Motherland (1960)" - via letterboxd.com.
5. ^ А, Игнатенко А.; А, Гусак В. (May 21, 2014). К вопросу об Ихтиандре. Directmedia. ISBN 9785445856573 - via Google Books.
6. ^ Раззаков, Федор (September 5, 2017). Гибель советского кино. Интриги и споры. 1918-1972. Litres. ISBN 9785425088185 - via Google Books.
7. ^ Kudryavtsev, Sergey (4 July 2006). "Отечественные фильмы в советском кинопрокате" [Domestic Films in Soviet Film Distribution]. LiveJournal (in Russian). Retrieved 4 February 2019.

## External links

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* Far from the Motherland at IMDb
* Вдали от Родины (1960) фильм on YouTube (in Russian, no subtitles)

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