The Gift to Stalin
2008, Russian. Directed by Rustem Abdrashev.
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, but the village no longer exists because it was destroyed by a Soviet nuclear test.
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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The Gift to Stalin is streaming on Chai Flicks in India.
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Cast & crew
- Rustem AbdrashevDirector
- Nurzhuman IhtymbaevKasym
- Dalen ShintemirovSashka
- David MarkishAleksandr Povzner
- Yekaterina RednikovaVerka
- Waldemar SzczepaniakJerzy Dąbrowski
- Aleksandr BashirovMajor
- Bakhtiyar KozhaBalgabay
- Erbolat ToguzakovFaty
- Kasym ZhakibayevShaman
- Sergei YurskyNarrator (voice)
- Assel SadvakassovaYoung Kazakh Woman
- Turakhan SadykovaBansy
Details
- Released
- 6 October 2008
- Original title
- Подарок Сталину
- Country
- Israel, Kazakhstan, Poland, Russia
- Written by
- Ermek Tursunov, Pavel Finn
- Budget
- $2M
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The Gift to Stalin runs 97 minutes (1h 37m).
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The Gift to Stalin is streaming on Chai Flicks in India. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Gift to Stalin?
The Gift to Stalin (2008) was directed by Rustem Abdrashev and stars Nurzhuman Ihtymbaev, Dalen Shintemirov, David Markish.