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Overview

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7.9/10   1,436 votes
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Director:
Nikita Mikhalkov
Writers:
Rustam Ibragimbekov (screenplay)
Rustam Ibragimbekov (story)
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Contact:
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Release Date:
30 October 1992 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
The shepherd Gombo lives with his wife, three children and grandmother in a tent on the Mongolian steppe... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 4 wins & 8 nominations more
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Timeless Beauty more

Cast

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Badema ... Pagma
Bayaertu ... Gombo
Vladimir Gostyukhin ... Sergei
Babushka ... Grandma
Larisa Kuznetsova ... Marina
Jon Bochinski ... Stanislas
Yongyan Bao ... Bourma
Wurinile ... Bouin
Biao Wang ... Van Biao
Baoyinhexige ... Bayartou
Nikolai Voshchilin ... Nikolai
Jinsheng Bao
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Close to Eden (Australia) (USA)
Урга (Soviet Union: Russian title)
Territory of Love (International: English title)
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Runtime:
119 min | Russia:106 min
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Company:
Aria more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This was the first film nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film from Russia. Previous nominees from that country had been submitted from The Soviet Union. It lost to France's Indochine (1992). more
Movie Connections:
Featured in 7th Annual Russian Academy of Cinema Arts Awards (1993) (TV) more

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8 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
Timeless Beauty, 22 October 1998
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Author: Johan Severijns from Rijswijk, the Netherlands

This movie shows us a world without any borders, laws. Just a bunch of people who live in a superb nature, which fills the wide moviescreen in its endless beauty. It reminds us, how far we are away from nature, from our roots of our ancesters. That's why I think this movie appeals the people from all over the world. And especially those who like the widescreen movies from John Huston to Visconti. Only for the superb shots you can see it over and over again. It's, without any doubt a timeless beaty

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