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The Commissar

Komissar (1967)

Drama, War | Soviet Union

Director: Aleksandr Askoldov

Where to watch

Streaming

Klassiki

27/10/2022

SYNOPSIS

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.

Actors

Writer: Aleksandr Askoldov, Vasiliy Grossman

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