Cast
Nonna Mordyukova Rolan Bykov Raisa Nedashkovskaya Lyudmila Volynskaya Vasiliy Shukshin Lyubov Kats
Credits
Written by: Aleksandr Askoldov
Plot
During the Russian Civil War, a pregnant female Red Army commissar is billeted with a Jewish family, and she experiences motherhood, family and war, in a banned masterpiece.
Sinekatalog’s take
A powerful, banned Soviet masterpiece.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.5 / 10 (1,855 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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