The Cossacks (1961)

  • NR
  • 08/14/1961 (SU)
  • Drama
  • 1h 37m

Overview

Historical drama based on the eponymous novel by Leo Tolstoy. Junker Olenin, a representative of St.Petersburg's golden youth, is traveling from St.Petersburg to the Caucasus in search of romance. His regiment is stationed in the Cossack village. Here he falls in love with the beautiful Maryana and is ready to marry her, but she loves the Cossack Lukashka and is not going to exchange him for the master...

Vasily Pronin

Director

Leo Tolstoy

Novel

Viktor Shklovskiy

Writer

Cast

Leonid Gubanov's headshot

Leonid Gubanov

Dmitri Olenin
Boris Andreyev's headshot

Boris Andreyev

Yeroshka
Zinaida Kirienko's headshot

Zinaida Kirienko

Maryana
Eduard Bredun's headshot

Eduard Bredun

Lukashka
Boris Novikov's headshot

Boris Novikov

Nazarka
German Kachin's headshot

German Kachin

Vanyusha
Izabella Mehn's headshot

Izabella Mehn

Ustenka
Vera Yenyutina's headshot

Vera Yenyutina

Maryana's mother

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