Great Is My Country
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| native_name = Широка страна моя родная
| director = Roman Karmen
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| music = Kirill Molchanov
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| released = {{film date|1958}}
| runtime = 90 minutes
| country = USSR
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Vast is my Native Land (1958), also known as Great Is My Country ({{langx|ru|Широка страна моя родная|Shiroka strana moya rodnaya}}) was the first film shot in the Soviet wide-screen film format known as Kinopanorama. The title was taken from the song of the same name by the Russian composer Isaac Dunaevsky, which is featured in the film. The film was directed by Roman Karmen, known for various documentary films produced in the Soviet Union. The music was composed by Kirill Molchanov, a noted composer of music for ballet and opera.
The Sovcolor film, which is 90-minutes in length, was premièred on 28 February 1958 at the Mir Kino Theatre in Moscow. The film was screened throughout the USSR. An edited version of the film was screened In June and July, 1958, at the Mayfair Theatre in New York City in conjunction with Soviet Trade Exhibition at the New York Coliseum.
External links
- [https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A04E5DF1F3CE63BBC4953DFB1668382649EDE New York Times review]
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Category:1958 documentary films
Category:Soviet documentary films
Category:Soviet propaganda films
Category:1950s Russian-language films
Category:Russian-language documentary films
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