Film

The Return to A

2011 · 1h 56m · Drama · War

IMDb

4.8

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”.

Seydulla Moldakhanov

Marat Ayumov

Berik Aitzhanov

Marat Ayumov in his youth

Karlygash Mukhamedzhanova

Dinara

Natalya Arinbasarova

Marat Ayumov's grandmother

Gulnara Dusmatova

Saule

Ivan Zhidkov

Aleksey

Gosha Kutsenko

colonel-pilot

Asha Mataj

Aliya

Denis Nikiforov

Andrey Ostrovskiy

Andrey Shibarshin

Sergey

Sultanna Karimova

Arman Asenov

Kara-mayor

Andrey Smolyakov

military commission doctor

Sergey Veksler

Tyutin

Grigoriy Antipenko

military doctor

Egor Konchalovsky

• Egor KonchalovskyDirector
• Vladimir MoiseenkoScreenplay
• Aleksandr Novototskiy-VlasovWriter
• Arman AsenovProducer
• Aleksej GolubevProducer
• Anton AntonovDirector of Photography
• Ekaterina PivnevaEditor
• Alexey MiklashevskyEditor

Release date

January 1, 2011

Status

Released

Original language

Russian

Runtime

1h 56m

Genres

Drama, War