The Commissar
Jun 06 1967
•2h 50m
•Drama, War
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
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Nonna Mordyukova
Klavdia Vavilova
Rolan Bykov
Yefim Mahazannik
Rayisa Nedashkivska
Maria Mahazannik
Vasiliy Shukshin
The Commandant
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