They Have a Motherland

They Have a Motherland
Russian: У них есть Родина
Directed by	Aleksandr Faintsimmer Vladimir Legoshin
Written by	Sergey Mikhalkov
Starring	Natasha Zashchipina Lyonya Kotov Pavel Kadochnikov Vera Maretskaya Vsevolod Sanayev
Cinematography	Aleksandr Gintsburg
Music by	Aram Khachaturian
Release date	1949 (1949)
Running time	83 min.
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

They Have a Motherland (Russian: У них есть Родина) is a 1949 Soviet World War II film directed by Aleksandr Faintsimmer and Vladimir Legoshin.[1][2]

Plot

The film tells about the representatives of Soviet intelligence, who are trying to find in West Germany an orphanage with Soviet children, which is under the supervision of British intelligence.[3]

Cast

• Natasha Zashchipina[4] as Ira Sokolova
• Lyonya Kotov as Sasha Butuzov
• Pavel Kadochnikov as lieutenant colonel Aleksey Petrovich Dobrynin
• Vera Maretskaya as Sasha's mother
• Vsevolod Sanayev as major Vsevolod Vasilyevich Sorokin
• Lidiya Smirnova as orphanage teacher Smayda
• Gennady Yudin as chauffeur Kurt
• Faina Ranevskaya[5] as café owner frau Vurst
• Vladimir Solovyov[6] as Upmanis
• Mikhail Astangov as orphanage chief captain Robert Scott
• Viktor Stanitsyn as colonel Barkley
• Aleksandr Khokhlov as Cook
• Vergily Renin as captain Johnson
• Yudif Glizer as journalist Dodge

References

1. Детский вопрос
2. Сегодня в Ростове стартовал Международный фестиваль военного кино
3. У них есть Родина
4. Сегодня 75-летний юбилей со дня рождения отмечает заслуженная артистка России Наталья Защипина. Она стала одной из первых юных актрис советского послевоенного кино
5. Фаина Раневская: «Со мной надо бережно обращаться»
6. У них есть Родина (1950) Full Cast & Crew

External links

• They Have a Motherland at IMDb