Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize (1988)
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Nominations
Nominated for the International Submission to the Academy Awards (1989)
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Setting
Set in Ukraine
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Music
Music by Alfred Schnittke
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Valeri Ginzburg
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Aleksandr AskoldovWriter
- Original title
- Комиссар
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 6, 1967
- Original language
- Russian
- Countries
- Soviet Union
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