The Return to A
2011, Russian. Directed by Egor Konchalovsky.
This movie is about the life of Marat Ayumov, a former soldier from Kazakhstan who fought in Afghaninstan. The past and present are interwoven in the memories of the protagonist. Throughout the film, in fragmented flashbacks, the hero recollects the time when he, as a soldier, fought in the armed conflict in the mountainous country as he travels to Afghanistan to accompany a young and creative TV crew making a documentary called “Following Alexander the Great”.
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Egor KonchalovskyDirector
- Seydulla MoldakhanovMarat Ayumov
- Berik AitzhanovMarat Ayumov in his youth
- Karlygash MukhamedzhanovaDinara
- Natalya ArinbasarovaMarat Ayumov's grandmother
- Gulnara DusmatovaSaule
- Ivan ZhidkovAleksey
- Gosha Kutsenkocolonel-pilot
- Asha MatayAliya
- Denis NikiforovAndrey Ostrovskiy
- Andrey ShibarshinSergey
- Sultanna KarimovaCast
- Arman AsenovKara-mayor
Details
- Released
- 1 January 2011
- Original title
- Возвращение в А
- Country
- Kazakhstan, Russia
- Written by
- Vladimir Moiseenko, Aleksandr Novototskiy-Vlasov
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The Return to A runs 116 minutes (1h 56m).
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The Return to A isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 2011. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Return to A?
The Return to A (2011) was directed by Egor Konchalovsky and stars Seydulla Moldakhanov, Berik Aitzhanov, Karlygash Mukhamedzhanova.