The first screen adaptation of an epic Russian novel about a village of Cossacks on the Don River, covering the last days of peace on the riverside before the beginning of the First World War.
Cast:
Nikolay Podgorny, Andrei Abrikosov, Emma Tsesarskaya, Raisa Puzhnaya, Alexandr Gromov
Production:
Soyuzkino
Pantelej Prokofievich Melekhov
Grigori Pantelejevich Melekhov
Aksinya Astagova
Natalya Koshonova
Petr Melekhov
Stepan Astakhov
Daria Melekhova
Yevgeniy Listnitskiy
Prokofij Melekhov
Garandza
Gendarm
Korshunov
Turkish wife
Imperial family member
Natalya's mother