Fate of a Man (1959)

  • NR
  • 08/08/1959 (US)
  • Drama, War
  • 1h 43m

Overview

The story of a man whose life was ruthlessly crippled by World War II. His wife and daughters were killed during the bombing of his village, he spent some time as a prisoner, and his only son was killed in action only a few days before the victory...

Sergey Bondarchuk

Director

Yuriy Lukin

Screenplay

Fyodor Shakhmagonov

Screenplay

Mikhail Sholokhov

Story

Cast

Sergey Bondarchuk's headshot

Sergey Bondarchuk

Andrey Sokolov
Pavel Boriskin's headshot

Pavel Boriskin

Vanyushka
Zinaida Kirienko's headshot

Zinaida Kirienko

Irina Sokolova
Pavel Volkov's headshot

Pavel Volkov

Ivan Timofeevich
Yuri Averin's headshot

Yuri Averin

Müller - concentration camp commandant
Konstantin Alekseev's headshot

Konstantin Alekseev

german major engineer
Pavel Vinnikov's headshot

Pavel Vinnikov

soviet colonel
Yevgeni Teterin's headshot

Yevgeni Teterin

writer

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