Farewell, America!
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An unfinished film by Oleksandr Dovzhenko, the film is a political lampoon based on the book entitled The Truth about US Diplomats, written in 1949 by the American writer Annabel Bukar. It exposes the underhanded actions of US Embassy personnel in Moscow at the onset of the Cold War. Dovzhenko managed to shoot only a half of the film, mainly the scenes that take place in the American Embassy.
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Liliya Gritsenko
Anna Badford
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Nikolai Gritsenko
Armand Haward
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Yuri Lyubimov
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Lyudmila Shagalova
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Grigoriy Shpigel
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Gotlib Roninson
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Yan Yanakiyev
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Rostislav Yurenev
Himself (introduction)
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Aleksandr Polinskiy
Murrow
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Nikolay Korshunov
Officer in the embassy
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Konstantin Mikhailov
Robert Divers
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Alexander Dovzhenko Director · Dmitri Shostakovich Composer Yuri Yekelchik Cinematographer
First release January 1, 1951 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Прощай, Америка!
Production
Mosfilm
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Russia · Russia
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Original title
Прощай, Америка!
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · January 1, 1951
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No release date listed for United States.
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