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Fate of a Man

Name: Fate of a Man
Director: Sergei Bondarchuk
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1959
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Sergei Bondarchuk, Pavel Boriskin, Zinaida Kirienko, Pavel Volkov, Yuri Averin

The story of a man whose life was ruthlessly crippled by World War II. His wife and daughters were killed during the bombing of his village, he spent some time as a prisoner, and his only son was killed in action only a few days before the victory...

1959 · Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk · 103 min · Drama · War · 10 frames

Crew

Screenplay: Yuriy Lukin, Fyodor Shakhmagonov
Cinematography: Vladimir Monakhov
Edited by: Tatyana Likhachyova
Music: Venyamin Basner
Production design: Ippolit Novoderyozhkin, Sergey Voronkov

Cast

Sergei Bondarchuk as Sokolov
Pavel Boriskin as Vanyushka
Zinaida Kirienko as Irina
Pavel Volkov as Ivan
Yuri Averin as Müller
Konstantin Alekseev as German Major
Pavel Vinnikov as Soviet Colonel
Yevgeni Teterin as Writer
Anatoli Chemodurov as Soviet Artillery Lieutenant Colonel
Aleksandr Novikov as Soviet Christian Prisoner of War

Production

Country: Soviet Union
Language: English, French, German, Russian
Studios: Mosfilm
Themes: fascist concentration camp

More by Sergei Bondarchuk

War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky — 1966
War and Peace — 1968
Waterloo — 1970

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