

Quiet Flows the Don
1957-10-26 · 340 min · ★ 6.3
Based on the novel of the same name by Mikhail Sholokhov, about the fate of people broken by the First World War, the October Revolution of 1917 and the Civil War in Russia (1917-1922), about the collapse of the foundations and ideals of the Don Cossacks of Russia at the beginning of the XX century, about the personal tragedy of the protagonist — Grigoriy Melekhov.
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- Directors
- Sergei Gerasimov
- Production companies
- Gorky Film Studios
- Countries
- Soviet Union
- Status
- Released
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Danylo IlchenkoПантелей Прокофьевич Мелехов
Anastasiya FilippovaИльинична
Pyotr GlebovГригорий
Nikolai SmirnovПётр
Lyudmila KhityaevaДарья
Natalya ArkhangelskayaДуняшка
Aleksei BlagovestovСтепан Астахов
Elina BystritskayaАксинья
Aleksandra DenisovaЛукинична
Zinaida KirienkoНаталья
Boris NovikovМитька
Elena MaksimovaКошевая
Gennadi KaryakinМихаил Кошевой
Valentina KhmaraМашутка Кошевая
Aleksandr Shatovгенерал Листницкий
Igor DmitrievЕвгений Листницкий
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