A Tale of Don
7.5
Wife of the Red cossack Yakov Shibalok turns out to be a spy of the Whites, as she confesses to him during childbirth. Now Yakov is faced with a difficult choice between revolutionary duty and love for his wife. Based on short stories by Mikhail Sholokhov.
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Cast
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Evgeni Leonov
Yakov Chibalok
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Lyudmila Chursina
Darya
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Boris Novikov
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Aleksei Smirnov
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Aleksei Gribov
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Georgiy Shtil
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Aleksey Kozhevnikov
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Eugene Onegin
Vladimir Fetin Director · Arnold Vitol Writer Mikhail Sholokhov Author
United States release December 22, 1964 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Донская повесть
Production
Lenfilm
Production
Russia · Russia
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Languages
Original title
Донская повесть
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · September 13, 1964
Theatrical
United States · December 22, 1964
Theatrical
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