The Commissar
1967 · Movie · 110 min · ★ 6.4 · 71% critics
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.
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Details
- Original title
- Комиссар
- Years
- 1967
- Release date
- 1967-06-06
- Language
- Russian
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Critic score
- 71/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (40 votes)
Themes
- commissar
Awards & recognition
- Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize · 1988
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 1989 · nominated
Cast & crew
Nonna Mordyukova
as Klavdia Vavilova
Rolan Bykov
as Yefim Mahazannik
Rayisa Nedashkivska
as Maria Mahazannik
Vasiliy Shukshin
as The Commandant
Lyudmila Volynskaya
as The Grandmother
Sergey Nikonenko
Otar Koberidze
Leonid Reutov
Directed by Aleksandr Askoldov