The gift to Stalin / Aldongar Productions ; in association with Kazakhfilm Studios and Compact Media Group present ; producers, Boris Cherdabaev, Aliya Uvalzhanova ; screenplay, Pavel Finn ; directed by Rustem Abdrashev.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2008. Anamorphic wide screen 16 x 9 1.78. Nurjman Ikhtimbayev, Dalen Shintemirov, Yekaterina Rednikova, Bakhtiar Khoja, Waldemar Szczepaniak.
Summary:
"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. As Sashka makes friends with the wild-eyed local kids who live to play pranks on others, he sees a newspaper story about a nationwide contest to find the perfect birthday present for Joseph Stalin"--back cover.
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