Sudba cheloveka

original title:
Sudba cheloveka
other titles:
Destiny of a Man, Le Destin d`un Homme, (Ein Menschenschicksal)
country / year of production:
Soviet Union / 1959
original length:
103 min. , black/white
premiere:
August 1959, Moscow Film Festival
genre:
melodrama
based on:
Mikhail Sholokhov. Sudba cheloveka. Moskau: Pravda, 1957.
director:
Sergei Bondarchuk
film script:
Yuri Lukin , Fyodor Shakhmagonov
producer:
cinematographer:
Vladimir Monakhov
editor:
Tatyana Likhachyova
composer:
Veniamin Yefimovich Basner
cast (role):
Sergei Bondarchuk (Sokolov) , Pavel Boriskin (Vanja) , Zinaida Kiriyenko (Irina) , Yuri Averin (Müller ) , Kirill Alekseyev (German Major) , Sergei Bondarchuk , Pavel Boriskin , Zinaida Kiriyenko , Yuri Averin , Kirill Alekseyev
more:
plot synopsis:
The story of a man whose life was ruthlessly crippled by World War II. His wife and daughter 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.
keywords:
concentration camps , escape , execution , war crimes
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
remarks:
Won the Grand Prix at the Moscow International Film Festival in 1959.
availability:
DVD