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.
Cast: Nonna Mordyukova, Rolan Bykov, Rayisa Nedashkivska, Vasiliy Shukshin, Lyudmila Volynskaya, Sergey Nikonenko, Otar Koberidze, Leonid Reutov
Crew: Aleksandr Askoldov (Director), Aleksandr Askoldov (Writer), Vasiliy Grossman (Writer), Valeri Ginzburg (Director of Photography), Alfred Schnittke (Original Music Composer)