They Have a Motherland (Russian: У них есть Родина) is a 1949 Soviet World War II film directed by Aleksandr Faintsimmer and Vladimir Legoshin. It is based on a play by Sergey Mikhalkov.
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Plot
The film tells about the representatives of Soviet intelligence, who are trying to find in West Germany an orphanage with Soviet children, which is under the supervision of British intelligence.
Cast
Natasha Zashchipina as Ira Sokolova
Lyonya Kotov as Sasha Butuzov
Pavel Kadochnikov as lieutenant colonel Aleksey Petrovich Dobrynin
Vera Maretskaya as Sasha's mother
Vsevolod Sanayev as major Vsevolod Vasilyevich Sorokin
Lidiya Smirnova as orphanage teacher Smayda
Gennady Yudin as chauffeur Kurt
Faina Ranevskaya as café owner frau Vurst
Vladimir Solovyov as Upmanis
Mikhail Astangov as orphanage chief captain Robert Scott
Viktor Stanitsyn as colonel Barkley
Aleksandr Khokhlov as Cook
Vergily Renin as captain Johnson
Yudif Glizer as journalist Dodge