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Fate of a Man

Original title: Судьба человека

  • Movie
  • 1959
  • 1h 43m

Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk

7.5

TMDB audience rating
7.5 out of 10 from 97 votes

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Overview

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...

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Cast and crew

  • Sergei Bondarchuk

    Sergei BondarchukSokolov

  • Pavel Boriskin

    Pavel BoriskinVanyushka

  • Zinaida Kirienko

    Zinaida KirienkoIrina

  • Pavel Volkov

    Pavel VolkovIvan

  • Yuri Averin

    Yuri AverinMüller

  • Konstantin Alekseev

    Konstantin AlekseevGerman Major

  • Pavel Vinnikov

    Pavel VinnikovSoviet Colonel

  • Yevgeni Teterin

    Yevgeni TeterinWriter

  • Anatoli Chemodurov

    Anatoli ChemodurovSoviet Artillery Lieutenant Colonel

  • Aleksandr NovikovSoviet Christian Prisoner of War

  • Lev Borisov

    Lev BorisovPlatoon Commander

  • Viktor Markin

    Viktor MarkinCaptive Surgeon

  • Yevgeni Kudryashov

    Yevgeni KudryashovKryzhnev

  • Aleksandr Kuznetsov

  • Vladimir Ivanov

    Vladimir IvanovLead Singer

  • Pyotr Savin

    Pyotr SavinPyotr

  • Yevgeniya Melnikova

    Yevgeniya MelnikovaLandlady

  • Vyacheslav Beryozko

Director
Sergei Bondarchuk
Writer
Yuriy Lukin, Fyodor Shakhmagonov and Mikhail Sholokhov
Music
Venyamin Basner
Cinematography
Vladimir Monakhov