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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| Nonna Mordyukova | ... | Klavdia Vavilova | |
| Rolan Bykov | ... | Yefim Mahazannik | |
| Raisa Nedashkovskaya | ... | Maria Mahazannik | |
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Lyudmila Volynskaya | ... | The Grandmother |
| Vasiliy Shukshin | ... | The Commandant | |
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Lyubov Kats | ... | (as Lyuba Kats) |
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Pavel Levin | ... | (as Pavlik Levin) |
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Dmitri Kleyman | ... | (as Dima Kleyman) |
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Marta Bratkova | ||
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Igor Fishman | ||
| Sergey Nikonenko | |||
| Otar Koberidze | |||
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Viktor Shakhov | ... | (as V. Shakhov) |
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Leonid Reutov | ... | (as L. Reutov) |
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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. Written by Erik Gregersen <erik@astro.as.utexas.edu>
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Country:
Soviet UnionLanguage:
RussianRelease Date:
26 August 1988 (Finland) See more »Also Known As:
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2.35 : 1
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Shot in 1967, this movie was screened in public for the first time only in 1988, which coincided with Glasnost. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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During the Russian Revolution, the Red army enters an isolated town and leaves behind a female revolutionary, Klavdia, who has become unexpectedly pregnant. Klavdia stays with a Jewish family to have her baby.
A remarkable film, but one which was left unfinished. The director, Aleksandr Askoldov, is only credited with one movie, and it as if he put a lifetime of ideas into this single film.