Iriston's Son (1959)
After getting expelled from the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts for his free-thinking ideas, young artist Kosta Khetagurov returns to his homeland of Iriston, known in Russian as Ossetia. Despite financial troubles and governmental persecution, he tirelessly advocates for the Ossetian people while honing his craft as a poet, playwright, and artist.
- Released
- 1959-10-18
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Vladimir Chebotaryov
Cast
- Vladimir Tkhapsayev as Konstantin Levanovich (Kosta) Khetagurov
- Lia Eliava as Anna Aleksandrovna Tsalikova
- Nina Alisova as Varvara Grigoryevna Shreders
- Nikolai Volkov St. as General Kokhanov
- Pavel Kadochnikov as Dzhambul Dzakhsorov
- Vladimir Kosarev as Vasiliy Dobrokhotov
- Mairbek Tsalikov as Tsalikov
- Fyodor Kallagov as Taimuraz
- Gavril Taugazov as Gudalov
- Anatoli Abramov
- Sergei Karnovich-Valua
- Aleksey Konsovskiy
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