Fate of a Man

Fate of a Man

103 mins | Drama, War | Aug. 1, 1959

The story of a man (Andrey Sokolov) whose life was ruthlessly crippled by World War II. His wife and daughters were killed during the bombing of his village, he spent some time as a prisoner, and his only son was killed in action only a few days before the victory...

Fate of a Man

103 mins | Drama, War | Aug. 1, 1959

Fate of a Man
The story of a man (Andrey Sokolov) whose life was ruthlessly crippled by World War II. His wife and daughters were killed during the bombing of his village, he spent some time as a prisoner, and his only son was killed in action only a few days before the victory...
IMDb rating 7.9
Producers Mosfilm
Original title Судьба человека
Directors Sergey Bondarchuk
Writers Mikhail Sholokhov, Yuri Lukin, Fyodor Shakhmagonov

Cast

Sergey Bondarchuk

as Andrei Sokolov

Zinaida Kirienko

as Irina, wife of Andrei Sokolov

Pavel Volkov

as Ivan Timofeevich (neighbor Sokolovs)

Lev Borisov

as platoon commander

Pavel Polunin

as Vanya

Yuri Averin

as Mueller (the commandant of a concentration camp)

Kirill Alekseev

as German major

Pavel Winnick

as Soviet colonel

Anatoli Chemodurov

as Soviet colonel

Alexander Novikov

as a devout soldier

Viktor Markin

as captive surgeon

Evgeni Kudryashov

as Kryzhnev

Vladimir Ivanov

as inmate

Pyotr Savin

as Pyotr, friend Andrei Sokolov

Evgeniya Melnikova

as landlady

Andrei Puntus

as German officer

Yevgeni Teterin

as Writer

Vladimir Boriskin

as uncredited

Viktor Yakovlev

as uncredited

Anatoly Nikitin

as uncredited

Daniil Netrebin

as uncredited

Aleksandr Lebedev

as uncredited