Great is my Country

Vast is my Native Land (1958), also known as Great is my Country, (Russian: Shiroka Strana Moya Rodnaya, a literal translation of My Spacious Homeland, from the song of the same name, which is heard in the film, by the Russian composer Isaac Dunaevsky) was the first film shot in the Soviet wide-screen film format known as Kinopanorama. The film was directed by Roman Karmen, known for various documentary films produced in the Soviet Union. The Sovcolor film, which is 90-minutes in length, was premièred on 28 February 1958 at the Mir Kino Theatre in Moscow. The film was screened throughout the USSR. An edited version of the film was screened In June and July, 1958, at the Mayfair Theatre in New York City in conjunction with Soviet Trade...