1967 · 110 min · Drama, War
Klavdia Vavilova, a Red Army cavalry commissar, is waylaid by an unexpected pregnancy. She stays with a Jewish family to give birth and is softened somewhat by the experience of family life.
Directed by Aleksandr Askoldov. Starring Nonna Mordyukova, Rolan Bykov, Rayisa Nedashkivska, Vasiliy Shukshin and Lyudmila Volynskaya.
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