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A 1945 Soviet war film which, along with the second part of Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible was harshly criticized by Andrei Zhdanov and banned. A version of the film, released in 1956 during the Khrushchev Thaw, was disowned by director Grigori Kozintsev because the reediting was done without his participation.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

74 mins

Rating

5.8/10

Release Date

31 December 1945

Country

Soviet Union

Cast

Olga Lebzak

Olga Lebzak

Eryomina, his wife

Boris Zhukovsky

Boris Zhukovsky

Makeyev

F. Babadzhanov

F. Babadzhanov

Akbashev

Ekaterina Korchagina-Aleksandrovskaya

Ekaterina Korchagina-Aleksandrovskaya

Granny

I. Kudryavtseva

I. Kudryavtseva

Varvara Shapkina

Larisa Yemelyantseva

Larisa Yemelyantseva

Sasha Slepnyova

Vladimir Kolchin

Vladimir Kolchin

Ivanov

Tatyana Pelttser

Tatyana Pelttser

Plaksina

Anatoliy Chiryev

Anatoliy Chiryev

Romka

Aleksandr Larikov

Aleksandr Larikov

Kizlyakov

Konstantin Adashevsky

Konstantin Adashevsky

Cook

Yuriy Tolubeev

Yuriy Tolubeev

Yeryomin, works director

Boris Feodosyev

Boris Feodosyev

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