Junker Olenin, a representative of St. Petersburg's golden youth, is traveling from St. Petersburg to the Caucasus in search of romance. His regiment is stationed in the Cossack village. Here he falls in love with the beautiful Maryana and is ready to marry her, but she loves the Cossack Lukashka and is not going to exchange him for the master.
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Leonid Gubanov
Dmitri Olenin
Also in
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Shadows of the Old Castle
Boris Andreyev
Yeroshka
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Ilya Muromets
Chronicle of Flaming Years
Zinaida Kirienko
Maryana
Known for
Fate of a Man
Eduard Bredun
Lukashka
Known for
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
Boris Novikov
Nazarka
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Three from Prostokvashino
German Kachin
Vanyusha
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Three from Prostokvashino
Izabella Mehn
Ustenka
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Vera Yenyutina
Maryana's mother
Also in
The Humpbacked Horse
Little Gray Neck
Konstantin Gradopolov
Beletsky
Also in
This Fantastic World 4
Fog Over the Bay
Vsevolod Safonov
Olenin's friend
Known for
Déjà vu
Leonid Topchiyev
Olenin's friend
Also in
The Wrestler and the Clown
This Fantastic World 5
Aleksandra Danilova
Lukashka's mother
Also in
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
Collection of Films for the Armed Forces #6
Vasily Pronin Director · Viktor Shklovskiy Writer Leo Tolstoy Author
First release August 14, 1961 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Казаки
Production
Mosfilm
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Russia · Russia
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Original title
Казаки
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · August 14, 1961
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No release date listed for United States.
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