The Commissar

Drama, War · 1988

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.

Starring

Nonna Mordyukova, Aleksandr Askoldov, Aleksandr Askoldov, Rolan Bykov, Rayisa Nedashkivska, Alfred Schnittke, Vasiliy Shukshin, Valeri Ginzburg, Vasiliy Grossman, Lyudmila Volynskaya

Director

Aleksandr Askoldov