Iriston's Son (1959)

Name: Iriston's Son
Director: Vladimir Chebotaryov
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 1959-10-18
Duration: 93 min
Cast: Vladimir Tkhapsayev, Lia Eliava, Nina Alisova, Nikolai Volkov St., Pavel Kadochnikov

1h 33m 1959

History Drama

After getting expelled from the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts for his free-thinking ideas, young artist Kosta Khetagurov returns to his homeland of Iriston, known in Russian as Ossetia. Despite financial troubles and governmental persecution, he tirelessly advocates for the Ossetian people while honing his craft as a poet, playwright, and artist.