The Gift to Stalin

The Gift to Stalin was released on October 16, 2008.

The Gift to Stalin was directed by Rustem Abdrashov.

The Gift to Stalin has a runtime of 1h 37m.

The Gift to Stalin was produced by Boris Cherdabaev, Aliya Uvalzhanova.

A Jewish child deported to Kazakhstan is saved and adopted by Kasym, an old Kazakh railway-man. Kasym gives him a Kazakh name, Sabyr, that in Kazakh language means humble. The child grows up in the small Kazakh village along with other deportees Vera, a traitor's wife, and Ezhik a Polish doctor. The Soviet militia harasses the poor peasants and Vera suffered the harassment of a bully cop: Bulgabi. Finally Vera accepts the marriage proposal of Ezhik but the jealous Bulgabi tries to prevent the marriage. The result is a fight in which Ezhik shoots himself accidentally. The old Kasym decides that Sabyr is now old enough to go to seek his real parents. At the end Sabyr, now an adult, decides to return to the village.

The key characters in The Gift to Stalin are Kasym (Nurzhuman Ihtymbaev), Sashka (Dalen Shintemirov), Aleksandr Povzner (David Markish).

The Gift to Stalin is a Drama film.

The Gift to Stalin has an audience rating of 7.5 out of 10.

The Gift to Stalin had a budget of $2M.

The Gift to Stalin has made $11,036 at the box office.