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The Commissar

6.519671h 50mMovieDramaWar

Klavdia Vavilova, a Red Army cavalry commissar, is waylaid by an unexpected pregnancy. She stays with a Jewish family to give birth and is softened somewhat by the experience of family life.

DirectorAleksandr Askoldov
WriterAleksandr Askoldov
ProducersGalina Belinskaya·B. Dokuchayev

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KlassikiKlassiki
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Cast · Directed by Aleksandr Askoldov

NMNonna Mordyukova
Nonna Mordyukova
Klavdia Vavilova
RBRolan Bykov
Rolan Bykov
Yefim Mahazannik
RNRayisa Nedashkivska
Rayisa Nedashkivska
Maria Mahazannik
VSVasiliy Shukshin
Vasiliy Shukshin
The Commandant
LVLyudmila Volynskaya
Lyudmila Volynskaya
The Grandmother
SNSergey Nikonenko
Sergey Nikonenko
OKOtar Koberidze
Otar Koberidze
LRLeonid Reutov
Leonid Reutov
VS
Viktor Shakhov
VRValeri Ryzhakov
Valeri Ryzhakov
SMSemyon Morozov
Semyon Morozov
VIViktor Ilichyov
Viktor Ilichyov

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