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Plot Summary

A 1945 Soviet war film which, along with the second part of Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible was harshly criticized by Andrei Zhdanov and banned. A version of the film, released in 1956 during the Khrushchev Thaw, was disowned by director Grigori Kozintsev because the reediting was done without his participation.

Top Cast

Olga Lebzak Eryomina

Boris Zhukovsky Makeyev

F. Babadzhanov Akbashev

Ekaterina Korchagina-Aleksandrovskaya Granny

Iraida Kudryavtseva Varvara Shapkina