Quiet Flows the Don

Quiet Flows the Don (1957)

Not Rated 01 Jan 1960 • Drama, History, Romance • 5h 30m
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A six-hour long epic (original director's cut) about the life of Don Cossacs in a village in southern Russia between 1912 and 1922. The leading character Grigori Melekhov is a rugged Cossac, who is torn between his first and true love Aksiniya, and his wife Natalya. Grigori Melekhov's personal life is shown as a rough journey through the experience of World War One, the Russian Revolution, and the following Civil War. The Cossacs are shown as traditional farmers and warriors, who are suffering through the most dramatic events in the history of Russia.

Sergey Gerasimov
Director
Sergey Gerasimov, Mikhail Sholokhov
Writer
Pyotr Glebov, Elina Bystritskaya, Zinaida Kirienko
Starring

Language: Russian
Awards: 1 win
Country: Soviet Union
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7.8

IMDb (1277 votes)
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