Father of a Soldier (1965)
When peasant Georgy Makharashvili hears that his soldier son is lying wounded in a hospital, he sets out to visit him. However, unknown to him, his son has been sent back to the front. Reluctant to return home and in a vain attempt to locate his boy, Georgy joins the Red Army in it's unrelenting push to the west.
- Released
- 1965-05-11
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Rezo Chkheidze
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 from 53 votes
Cast
- Sergo Zakariadze as Giorgiy Makharashvili
- Vladimir Privaltsev as Senior sergeant Nikiforov
- Aleksandr Nazarov as Arkadiy Ershov, soldier
- Aleksandr Lebedev as Nikolay Nazarov, soldier
- Vladimir Kolokoltsev as Grisha, soldier
- Yuri Drozdov as Vova, soldier
- Ivan Kosykh as Accordionist
- Viktor Kosykh as Vasiliy Dmitrievich, boy on the cart
- Viktor Uralsky as Sailor without legs
- Ketevan Bochorishvili as Mariya, Georgiy's wife
- Vladimir Pitsek as Hospital registrar
- Pyotr Lyubeshkin as General