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
Aksinja
Prokofij Melekhov
Garandza
Gendarm
Yevgeniy Listnitskiy
Korshunov
Turkish wife
Imperial family member