Ballad of an Old Gun (Russian: Баллада о старом оружии, romanized: Ballada o starom oruzhii) is a 1986 Soviet war drama film directed by Gennadi Voronin.
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Plot
In a remote mountain village fathers and mothers accompany their sons to the front. According to tradition, the Highlander does not have to give up weapons of their ancestors. Mature Patimat asks lieutenant Zvorykin convey her sons Sultan and Magomed ancient ancestral daggers. He disagrees, afraid to break the charter. But you can not break the habit, so a single mother, taking up arms, she goes in search of his sons.
Cast
Patimat Khizroyeva as Patimat
Sergei Skripkin as lieutenant Zvorykin
Aleksandr Demyanenko as driver Ivanov
Viktor Bortsov as driver Gritsenko
Leonid Belozorovich as Kirill Tsirkachev
Boris Klyuyev as SS officer
Valentina Klyagina as nurse
Location
Filming took place in Gunib (Dagestan).