Gift to Mother
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Russian amateur film depicting two boys attempting to make a cake for their mother for International Women's Day ("Международный женский день").; The film's title ("От всего сердца") translates literally to "From the Heart."
Credits
D. Movshin (filmmaker); Vera Velyaminova (actor); Alexandr Prokofiev (actor)
Complete catalog record
Date: circa 1946
Cfa collection: Ron Doerring Collection
Notes: The film begins with two brothers (Lenya and Sasha) learning about International Women's Day in class. After school, the boys are seen discussing on bustling city streets, then peering into a window's cake display. The camera captures them rushing home with their gift idea in mind. The film unfolds charmingly as the boys guess how to bake. In conclusion, their mother (Vera Velyaminova) is delighted by the cake—as inedible as it may be.
Distributed by: Society of Amateur Cinematographers
Subjects: Children; Holidays; Families; Food
Places: Asia > Russia
Language: Russian
Cfa elements: Print, 600 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/3579
Cfa collection: Ron Doerring Collection
Notes: The film begins with two brothers (Lenya and Sasha) learning about International Women's Day in class. After school, the boys are seen discussing on bustling city streets, then peering into a window's cake display. The camera captures them rushing home with their gift idea in mind. The film unfolds charmingly as the boys guess how to bake. In conclusion, their mother (Vera Velyaminova) is delighted by the cake—as inedible as it may be.
Distributed by: Society of Amateur Cinematographers
Subjects: Children; Holidays; Families; Food
Places: Asia > Russia
Language: Russian
Cfa elements: Print, 600 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/3579
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:08