The Commissar

Overview

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.

Director: Aleksandr Askoldov

Cast

Nonna Mordyukova

Klavdia Vavilova

Rolan Bykov

Yefim Mahazannik

Rayisa Nedashkivska

Maria Mahazannik

Vasiliy Shukshin

The Commandant

Lyudmila Volynskaya

The Grandmother

Sergey Nikonenko

Otar Koberidze

Leonid Reutov