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The Commissar (1967)
110 min | Drama, War

The Commissar (1967)

110 min | Drama, War

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.

Director

Aleksandr Askoldov

Writers

Aleksandr Askoldov | Vasiliy Grossman (story "V gorode Berdicheve")

Producers

Galina Belinskaya | B. Dokuchayev

Composer

Alfred Schnittke (as Alfred Shnitke)

Cinematographer

Valeri Ginzburg

Editors

Natalya Loginova (as N. Loginova) | Svetlana Lyashinskaya (as S. Lyashinskaya) | Nina Vasilyeva (as V. Isayev)

Production Designer

Sergey Serebrenikov

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Release date

Jun 17, 1988 (United States)

Awards

9 wins & 4 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
19 cast members

Name	Known for
Nonna Mordyukova Klavdia Vavilova Klavdia Vavilova See fewer	The Diamond Arm (1969)
Rolan Bykov Yefim Mahazannik Yefim Mahazannik See fewer	Chuchelo (1984)
Raisa Nedashkovskaya Maria Mahazannik Maria Mahazannik See fewer	The Tsar's Bride (1964)
Lyudmila Volynskaya The Grandmother The Grandmother See fewer	Shofyor ponevole (1958)
Vasiliy Shukshin The Commandant The Commandant See fewer	The Red Snowball Tree (1974)
Lyubov Kats Children (as Lyuba Kats) Children (as Lyuba Kats) See fewer	The Commissar (1967)
Pavel Levin Children (as Pavlik Levin) Children (as Pavlik Levin) See fewer	The Commissar (1967)
Dmitri Kleyman Children (as Dima Kleyman) Children (as Dima Kleyman) See fewer	The Commissar (1967)
Marta Bratkova Children Children See fewer	The Commissar (1967)
Igor Fishman Children Children See fewer	The Commissar (1967)
Sergey Nikonenko Actor Actor See fewer	Klassik (1998)
Otar Koberidze Actor Actor See fewer	Aladdin and His Magic Lamp (1967)
Leonid Reutov Chief of Staff (as L. Reutov) Chief of Staff (as L. Reutov) See fewer	Utrenniye poyezda (1963)
Valeri Ryzhakov Kursant Kursant See fewer	The Casket of Maria Medici (1981)
Viktor Shakhov Actor (as V. Shakhov) Actor (as V. Shakhov) See fewer	Vash syn i brat (1966)
Vladimir Vasilyev Appearing Appearing See fewer	Andrei Rublev (1966)
Viktor Ilichyov Appearing (uncredited) Appearing (uncredited) See fewer	Pobeda (1985)
Semen Morosov Appearing (uncredited) Appearing (uncredited) See fewer	Liebeserklärung an G.T. (1971)
Aleksei Pankin Red Army Soldier (uncredited) Red Army Soldier (uncredited) See fewer	Solntse, snova solntse (1977)