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Fate of a Man
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Fate of a Man

1959-04-12 · 103 min · ★ 7.5

Drama · War

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...

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Directors
Sergei Bondarchuk
Production companies
Mosfilm
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

Top Cast

Sergei BondarchukSergei BondarchukSokolov
Pavel BoriskinPavel BoriskinVanyushka
Zinaida KirienkoZinaida KirienkoIrina
Pavel VolkovPavel VolkovIvan
Yuri AverinYuri AverinMüller
Konstantin AlekseevKonstantin AlekseevGerman Major
Pavel VinnikovPavel VinnikovSoviet Colonel
Yevgeni TeterinYevgeni TeterinWriter
Anatoli ChemodurovAnatoli ChemodurovSoviet Artillery Lieutenant Colonel
Aleksandr NovikovSoviet Christian Prisoner of War
Lev BorisovLev BorisovPlatoon Commander
Viktor MarkinViktor MarkinCaptive Surgeon
Yevgeni KudryashovYevgeni KudryashovKryzhnev
Aleksandr Kuznetsov
Vladimir IvanovVladimir IvanovLead Singer
Pyotr SavinPyotr SavinPyotr
Yevgeniya MelnikovaYevgeniya MelnikovaLandlady
Vyacheslav Beryozko
Nikolai AparinCaptive in the Church
Nikolay PechentsovConcentration Camp Prisoner

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