The Commissar

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.

• Director: Aleksandr Askoldov
• Cast: Nonna Mordyukova, Rolan Bykov, Rayisa Nedashkivska, Vasiliy Shukshin, Lyudmila Volynskaya, Sergey Nikonenko, Otar Koberidze, Leonid Reutov