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30 October 1992 (USA) morePlot:
The shepherd Gombo lives with his wife, three children and grandmother in a tent on the Mongolian steppe... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 4 wins & 8 nominations moreUser Comments:
Timeless Beauty moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| 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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Close to Eden (Australia) (USA)Урга (Soviet Union: Russian title)
Territory of Love (International: English title)
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119 min | Russia:106 minColor:
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Australia:PG | Iceland:L | Argentina:Atp | Chile:TE | Finland:K-12 | Germany:6 (bw) | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | USA:PGFilming Locations:
Hulun Buir Aimag, Inner Mongolia, ChinaFun Stuff
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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). moreFAQ
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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