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.
Top Billed Cast
Nonna Mordyukova
Klavdia Vavilova
Rolan Bykov
Yefim Mahazannik
Rayisa Nedashkivska
Maria Mahazannik
Vasiliy Shukshin
The Commandant
Lyudmila Volynskaya
The Grandmother
Featured Crew
Aleksandr Askoldov
Director
Vasiliy Grossman
Writer
Aleksandr Askoldov
Writer
Natalya Loginova
Editor
Alfred Schnittke
Original Music Composer
Valeriy Ginzburg
Director of Photography
Yakov Rivosh
Costume Design
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