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They Have a Motherland
У них есть Родина
1949 90 min Soviet Union 0+
★7.0
Drama
Director: Aleksandr Faintsimmer, Vladimir Legoshin
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Description
The Great Patriotic War is over, but Major Sorokin and Colonel Dobrygin still have a lot to do for their homeland. They must go to West Germany in order to find and return the children who were taken out of the Soviet Union by the Nazis and are now kept in atrocious conditions under the supervision of British intelligence. Former allies want to grow real spies out of their children.
Starring
Natalya Zashchipina
Actor
Leonid Kotov
Actor
Pavel Kadochnikov
Actor
Awards
1 win
Key opinion
This 1949 drama serves as a significant piece of Cold War-era propaganda that explores the sensitive and traumatic theme of displaced Soviet children. While it is technically well-executed and grounded in compelling historical subject matter, it is heavily burdened by overt rhetorical excess and ideological bias.
| Cinematography | The film features visually high-quality cinematography that successfully grounds the narrative's aesthetic presentation. | |
| Screenplay | The core premise regarding the fate of war-displaced children provides a compelling and vital historical foundation for the story. | |
| Screenplay | The film suffers from excessive pathos and heavy-handed rhetorical tone, which significantly detracts from the viewing experience. | |
| Theme | Opinions on the political narrative are divided: some view it as a necessary examination of state-scale child displacement, while others condemn its overt, aggressive framing of Allied forces as villains. |