Apples of Forty-First

Overview

An old tea-house attendant told a VGIK student about how in the winter of forty-one, when the fascists were approaching Moscow, he was among those who were assigned to guard the train with apples, which the collective farmers of Uzbekistan sent to the front. The old man's story was so touching and entertaining that Anwar doubted the authenticity of the story. The teahouse did not convince the guy and said goodbye to the student. Later, while picking up material from the military chronicle for his film, Anwar saw on the screen the familiar face of a teahouse and fighters guarding frozen apples. Remembering an unsaid episode of the war, the student went to meet his hero...

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 23, 1970

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian, Uzbek

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Uzbekfilm

Cast

Tanilya Akhmerova,Serhii Dvoretskyi,Shukhrat Irgashev,Usman Salimov,Albert Filozov,Solizhon Akhmedov,Nabi Rakhimov

Director

Ravil Batyrov

Writer

Dmitri Kholendro

Cinematography

Traiko Eftymovsky

Music

Rumil Vildanov

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0170069