Smoke of the Fatherland (Дым Отечества) 44 years old

The Great Russian scientist, famous politician and poet M.Lomonosov is severely ill. Understanding that there is not much time left for him to live, he decides to visit his beloved small native town. Taking a coach, he heads for the motherland of his ancestors. A shaky road raises thoughts and reminiscences about his days of youth, about the time when he was young and unknown, how he made first steps on his long way of the truth comprehension. He recollects early death and funeral of his mother, the repeated, and not very successful marriage of his father, hatred of stepmother, care of godfather, who gave him the books of Peter the Great, wandering monk, who taught him the fundamentals of science, Latin, and, of course, his first love.

Credits

Smoke of the Fatherland Cast

Name Character
Igor Ledogorov He was 48, 72 years old when he died
Tamara Syomina She was 42, now 86 years old
Pyotr Velyaminov He was 53, 82 years old when he died
Vladimir Samoylov He was 56, 75 years old when he died
Viktor Shulgin He was 59, 71 years old when he died
Valentina Ananina She was 47, now 91 years old

Smoke of the Fatherland Crew

Name Department
Eduard Volodarskiy as Screenplay. He was 39 (71) years old when He died Writing
Yaropolk Lapshin as Director. He was 60 (91) years old when He died Directing
Smoke of the Fatherland poster
Smoke of the Fatherland (44 years)

  • Release day: Monday, December 01, 1980
  • Runtime: 91 minutes