| Ballad of an Old Gun | |
| Director: | Gennadi Voronin |
| Producer: | Igor Tolstunov |
| Starring: | Patimat Khizroyeva Sergei Skripkin Aleksandr Demyanenko |
| Music: | Anna Ikramova |
| Cinematography: | Leonid Litvak |
| Editing: | Tamara Krivosheina |
| Released: | [1] |
| Runtime: | 86 minutes |
| Country: | Soviet Union |
| Language: | Russian |
Ballad of an Old Gun (Russian: Баллада о старом оружии|Ballada o starom oruzhii) is a 1986 Soviet war drama film directed by Gennadi Voronin.
In a remote mountain village fathers and mothers accompany their sons to the front. According to tradition, the Highlander does not have to give up weapons of their ancestors. Mature Patimat asks lieutenant Zvorykin convey her sons Sultan and Magomed ancient ancestral daggers. He disagrees, afraid to break the charter. But you can not break the habit, so a single mother, taking up arms, she goes in search of his sons.
Filming took place in Gunib (Dagestan).