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Quiet Flows the Don (1957) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1957 · 340 mins · Russian
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- Directed by
- Sergei Gerasimov
- Starring
- Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Inna Vykhodtseva, Aleksandr Karpov, Mikhail Gluzskiy, Mikhail Vasilyev, Olga Markina
An epic, color adaptation of Mikhail Sholokhov’s classic novel, the film follows the turbulent lives of Don Cossacks as World War I, the 1917 October Revolution, and the ensuing Civil War upend their world. It portrays the disintegration of their traditions and the personal tragedy of Grigory Melekhov amid the chaos of early‑twentieth‑century Russia.
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