Film

Apples of Forty-First

1970 · 1h 16m · Drama · War

An old tea-house attendant told a VGIK student about how in the winter of forty-one, when the fascists were approaching Moscow, he was among those who were assigned to guard the train with apples, which the collective farmers of Uzbekistan sent to the front. The old man's story was so touching and entertaining that Anwar doubted the authenticity of the story. The teahouse did not convince the guy and said goodbye to the student. Later, while picking up material from the military chronicle for his film, Anwar saw on the screen the familiar face of a teahouse and fighters guarding frozen apples. Remembering an unsaid episode of the war, the student went to meet his hero...

Solizhon Akhmedov

Tanilya Akhmerova

Serhii Dvoretskyi

Albert Filozov

Shukhrat Irgashev

Nabi Rakhimov

Usman Salimov

• Ravil BatyrovDirector
• Dmitri KholendroWriter
• Traiko EftymovskyDirector of Photography
• Rumil VildanovOriginal Music Composer

Release date

February 23, 1970

Status

Released

Original language

Russian

Runtime

1h 16m

Genres

Drama, War