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The Commissar

DramaWar1h 50m

🍅78%

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78%

Tomatometer

🍿

78%

Popcornmeter

6.5

TMDB

Storyline

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.

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Details

DirectorAleksandr Askoldov

ReleasedJun 6, 1967

StatusReleased

Original languageRussian

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideUFR

Studios

Mosfilm

Gorky Film Studios

Cast

Nonna Mordyukova

Nonna Mordyukova

Klavdia Vavilova

Rolan Bykov

Rolan Bykov

Yefim Mahazannik

Rayisa Nedashkivska

Rayisa Nedashkivska

Maria Mahazannik

Vasiliy Shukshin

Vasiliy Shukshin

The Commandant

Lyudmila Volynskaya

Lyudmila Volynskaya

The Grandmother

Sergey Nikonenko

Sergey Nikonenko

Otar Koberidze

Otar Koberidze

Leonid Reutov

Leonid Reutov

Viktor Shakhov

Valeri Ryzhakov

Valeri Ryzhakov

Semyon Morozov

Semyon Morozov

Viktor Ilichyov

Viktor Ilichyov

Where to watch(NG)

Stream

Klassiki

Rent / Buy

Amazon Video

Reviews

3 reviews · 2 critics

2 fresh · 0 rotten

W

Walter Goodman

RTNew York TimesJan 10, 2018

Add ''Commissar'' to the remarkable series of Soviet movies that has been finding its way West after many years in the cinematic gulag.

H

Hilary Mantel

RTThe SpectatorApr 10, 2019

But at times, thanks largely to the performance of Nonna Mordyukova as Clavdia, [director Alexander Askoldov] achieves a stunning economy of effect.

R

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Information

Title

The Commissar

Released

Jun 6, 1967

Rated

U

Region of Origin

Soviet Union

Original Audio

Russian

Runtime

1h 50m

Status

Released

Studios

Mosfilm, Gorky Film Studios

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