The Commissar

Directed by Aleksandr Askoldov

Written by Aleksandr Askoldov, Vasiliy Grossman, Vera Biryukova, S. Dunina

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.

Cast

Nonna Mordyukova

Klavdia Vavilova

Rolan Bykov

Yefim Mahazannik

Rayisa Nedashkivska

Maria Mahazannik

Vasiliy Shukshin

The Commandant

Lyudmila Volynskaya

The Grandmother

Sergey Nikonenko

Otar Koberidze

Leonid Reutov

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Viktor Shakhov

Valeri Ryzhakov

Semyon Morozov

Viktor Ilichyov