Smoke of the Fatherland (1980)
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.
Released: Dec 01, 1980
Runtime: 91 minutes
Genre: History
Stars: Mikhail Zimin, Andrey Nikolaev, Pyotr Velyaminov, Vladimir Samoylov, Valentina Ananina, Igor Ledogorov
Crew: Eduard Volodarskiy (Screenplay), Vladimir Akimov (Screenplay), Yaropolk Lapshin (Director), Gennady Alekseev (Producer), Yuriy Levitin (Music), Victor Osennikov (Camera Operator)