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The Gift to Stalin is a film of genre Drama released in USA on 18 march 2011 with Yekaterina Rednikova
The Gift to Stalin (2008)
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Add to a movie listThe Gift to Stalin is a 2008 Kazakhstani film that tells the story of a little boy named Sasha who is sent to Kazakhstan. He is saved from death by an old Kazakh man, Kasym, who takes the boy into his home. The film is set in 1949.
The title, The Gift to Stalin, has significance in two ways. First, in 1949, the Soviet government carried out a nuclear test on the anniversary of Joseph Stalin’s 70th birthday. Many innocent people fell victim to the nuclear test. The other significance is concerns Sasha’s dream. He hopes that if he gives Stalin a gift, he will be able to see his parents again, not knowing that they have been killed.
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Nous sommes en 1949 au Kazakhstan alors que l'URSS s'apprête à fêter les 70 ans de Joseph Staline. Ce qui n'empêche pas la répression et les déportations d'opposants de continuer. Dans un train de déportés vers le Kazakhstan meurt un vieil homme juif. Son petit-fils Sacha s'échappe du train aux côtés de sa dépouille, dissimulé parmi les cadavres. Il est recueilli par Kasym, un vieux garde-voie kazakh qui, pour le dissimuler aux yeux des autorités, le renomme Sabyr. Dans le village le long de la voie ferrée vivent en paix des gens d'origines très différentes. Mais le pressentiment d'une tragédie imminente est bien là.Actors
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