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Farewell, America!

Farewell, America!

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1951

Runtime

1h 10m

Genres

Drama, Comedy

User Score

38%

Original Title

Прощай, Америка!

Production Companies

Mosfilm

Director

Oleksandr Dovzhenko

Description

An unfinished film by Aleksandr 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.