Quiet Flows the Don
The epic film based on Mikhail Sholokhov's classic novel in COLOR
1957 · 5h 40m
Drama, History
Directed by
Sergei Gerasimov
Overview
Based on the novel of the same name by Mikhail Sholokhov, about the fate of people broken by the First World War, the October Revolution of 1917 and the Civil War in Russia (1917-1922), about the collapse of the foundations and ideals of the Don Cossacks of Russia at the beginning of the XX century, about the personal tragedy of the protagonist — Grigoriy Melekhov.
Director and cast
- Sergei Gerasimov Director
- Pyotr Glebov as Grigori Melekhov
- Danylo Ilchenko as Пантелей Прокофьевич Мелехов
- Elina Bystritskaya as Aksiniya
- Anastasiya Filippova as Ильинична
- Zinaida Kirienko as Natalya
- Lyudmila Khityaeva as Dariya Melekhova
- Nikolai Smirnov as Пётр
- Igor Dmitriev as Yevgeni Listnitsky
- Natalya Arkhangelskaya Cast
- Aleksei Blagovestov Cast
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