A Tale of Don
1964, Russian. Directed by Vladimir Fetin.
Wife of the Red cossack Yakov Shibalok turns out to be a spy of the Whites, as she confesses to him during childbirth. Now Yakov is faced with a difficult choice between revolutionary duty and love for his wife. Based on short stories by Mikhail Sholokhov.
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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- Released
- 13 September 1964
- Original title
- Донская повесть
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Arnold Vitol
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A Tale of Don (1964) was directed by Vladimir Fetin and stars Evgeni Leonov, Lyudmila Chursina, Boris Novikov.