The Commissar
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.
Cast
Nonna Mordyukova
Klavdia Vavilova
Rolan Bykov
Yefim Mahazannik
Rayisa Nedashkivska
Maria Mahazannik
Vasiliy Shukshin
The Commandant
Lyudmila Volynskaya
The Grandmother
Sergey Nikonenko
Otar Koberidze
Leonid Reutov
Crew
Aleksandr Askoldov
Director
Aleksandr Askoldov
Writer
Alfred Schnittke
Original Music Composer
Valeriy Ginzburg
Director of Photography
Natalya Loginova
Editor
Yakov Rivosh
Costume Design
Vasiliy Grossman
Short Story
Sergey Serebrenikov
Production Design
Vasili Levin
Assistant Director
L. Prilutskaya
Assistant Director
V. Shariy
Sound Director
Yevgeniy Bazanov
Sound Director
Liya Benevolskaya
Sound Director
Valentina Isayeva
Editor
Svetlana Lyashinskaya
Editor
Vladimir Grigoryev
Assistant Director
E. Senkov
Camera Operator
Aleksandr Machilskiy
Camera Operator
Ilya Minkovetski
Camera Operator
A. Zenyan
Camera Operator
N. Gorchakova
Makeup & Hair
A. Ivaschenko
Set Decoration
G. Ivaschenko
Set Decoration
Tatyana Malyavina
Assistant Editor
Ye. Kvasha
Assistant Editor
T. Eremina
First Assistant Director
B. Totsenko
Second Assistant Director
Emin Khachaturyan
Conductor
Vera Biryukova
Script Editor
S. Dunina
Script Consultant
Galina Belinskaya
Producer
B. Dokuchayev
Producer