The Commissar

The Commissar

110 mins | Drama, War | June 6, 1967

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.

The Commissar

110 mins | Drama, War | June 6, 1967

The Commissar
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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Mosfilm, Gorky Film Studios
Original title Комиссар
Directors Aleksandr Askoldov
Writers Vasiliy Grossman, Aleksandr Askoldov

Cast

Nonna Mordyukova

as Klavdia Vavilova

Rolan Bykov

as Yefim Mahazannik

Rayisa Nedashkivska

as Maria Mahazannik

Vasiliy Shukshin

as The Commandant

Lyudmila Volynskaya

as The Grandmother