The commissar [videorecording]
2007
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Political and religious-themed drama from the former Soviet Socialist Republic ultimately doomed to be shelved for 21 years for its honest, and thus subversive, nature. During the Russian Civil War, a stanch, dedicated female cavalry commissar in the Red Army falls pregnant against her wishes. Forced to rest while the baby is born, she is cared for by a penniless Jewish family. The family's open-hearted kindness goes against everything she has previously believed about people of the Jewish faith and, coupled with unexpected feelings of tenderness through motherhood, shakes her belief system to its core. Aleksandr Askoldov, the director, was fired, silenced and ostensibly neutered for the offence of making such an anti-party-stance picture - expelled from the party and banned from making films for life.
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Author:
Askoldov, Aleksandr, directorSchnitke, Alfred, musicMordyukova, Nonna, actorBykov, Rolan, actorNedashkovskaya, Raisa, actor
Imprint:
Artificial Eye, 2007.
Collation:
2 videodiscs (104 min.) : b&w.
Notes:
SET2.Film made in 1967Region 2, 2 disc(s), Interactive menus, Ratio (1:2.35 CinemaScope), Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages (Russian), Sound (Dolby Mono), Other languages English, French, Other Language Sound Dolby Digital 5.1, Subtitles (English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian), Bonus footage, Biographies, Interviews (Director Alexander Askoldov; actress Raissa Nedashkovskaya; archive cast interviews with Nonna Mordyukova, Rolan Bykov and Raissa Nedashkovskaya), Image gallery, Archive documents and letters: 'Case History of Comrade Askoldov'; letter to the General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee; Extracts from international press coverage and publicity materials; International film awards.Made in 1967.Credits: director, Aleksandr Askoldov; writer, Aleksandr Askoldov; writer, Vasili Grossman; music, Alfred Schnitke.DVDN.
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Cast: Cast: Nonna Mordyukova, Rolan Bykov, Raisa Nedashkovskaya, Lyudmila Volynskya, Vasili Shukshin, Lyubov Kats, Pavel Levin, Dmitri Kleyman, Marta Bratkova, Igor Fishman.
Audience:
BBFC code: PG.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.437
Language:
RussianEnglish
BRN:
927944
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