And Quiet Flows the Don

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1960-01-01

Languages:

Russian

Countries:

Soviet Union

Runtime:

107 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (568 Reviews)

Director:

Sergey Gerasimov

Genres:

Drama War

Cast:

Pyotr Glebov Elina Bystritskaya Zinaida Kirienko Daniil Ilchenko

Writer:

Sergey Gerasimov

Mikhail Sholokhov (novel)

Fullplot:

A six-hour long epic (original director's cut) about the life of Don Cossacs in a village in southern Russia between 1912 and 1922. The leading character Grigori Melekhov is a rugged Cossac, who is torn between his first and true love Aksiniya, and his wife Natalya. Grigori Melekhov's personal life is shown as a rough journey through the experience of World War One, the Russian Revolution, and the following Civil War. The Cossacs are shown as traditional farmers and warriors, who are suffering through the most dramatic events in the history of Russia.

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