Fate of a Man (1959)
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...
Director:
Sergey Bondarchuk
Writers:
Yuriy Lukin, Fyodor Shakhmagonov.
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Sergey Bondarchuk as Sokolov |
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Pavel Boriskin as Vanyushka |
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Zinaida Kirienko as Irina |
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Pavel Volkov as Ivan |
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Yuri Averin as Müller |
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Konstantin Alekseev as German Major |
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Pavel Vinnikov as Soviet Colonel |
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Yevgeni Teterin as Writer |
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Anatoli Chemodurov as Soviet Artillery Lieutenant Colonel |
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Aleksandr Novikov as Soviet Christian Prisoner of War |
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Lev Borisov as Platoon Commander |
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Viktor Markin as Captive Surgeon |
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Yevgeni Kudryashov as Kryzhnev |
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Aleksandr Kuznetsov as |
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Vladimir Ivanov as Lead Singer |
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Pyotr Savin as Pyotr |
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Yevgeniya Melnikova as Landlady |
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Vyacheslav Beryozko as |
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Nikolai Aparin as Captive in the Church |
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Nikolay Pechentsov as Concentration Camp Prisoner |
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Andrey Puntus as German Officer in the Concentration Camp |
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Georgi Shapovalov as Concentration Camp Prisoner |
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Vladimir Strelnikov as Anatoliy |
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Anatoli Berladin as Soviet Soldier (uncredited) |
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Vladimir Boriskin as Concentration Camp Prisoner (uncredited) |
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Aleksey Egorov as Concentration Camp Prisoner (uncredited) |
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Andrey Karasyov as German Soldier (uncredited) |
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Vladimir Kartashov as (uncredited) |
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Aleksandr Lebedev as Young Soviet Soldier (uncredited) |
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Viktors Lorencs as One-eyed German Officer (uncredited) |
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Georgi Millyar as Drunk German Soldier (uncredited) |
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Olga Mingalyova as (uncredited) |
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Yuri Mikhailov as Concentration Camp Prisoner (uncredited) |
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Yevgeni Morgunov as Fat German Soldier (uncredited) |
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Pyotr Mukhin as Concentration Camp Prisoner (uncredited) |
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Muin Mukhitdinov as Concentration Camp Prisoner (uncredited) |
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Jüri Müür as German Officer (uncredited) |
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Daniil Netrebin as Concentration Camp Prisoner (uncredited) |
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Anatoliy Nikitin as Soviet Officer (uncredited) |
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Viktor Shtykov as Concentration Camp Prisoner (uncredited) |
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Viktor Yakovlev as Concentration Camp Prisoner (uncredited) |
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Margarita Korabelnikova as Vanyushka (voice) (uncredited) |
| Directing | Sergey Bondarchuk | Director |
| Writing | Yuriy Lukin | Screenplay |
| Writing | Fyodor Shakhmagonov | Screenplay |
| Writing | Mikhail Sholokhov | Story |
| Sound | Venyamin Basner | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Ippolit Novoderyozhkin | Production Design |
| Art | Sergey Voronkov | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Orest Vereyskiy | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nikolay Pechentsov | Makeup Designer |
| Camera | Vladimir Monakhov | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Grigoriy Gamburg | Conductor |
| Writing | Vladimir Leonov | Script Editor |
| Writing | Viktors Lorencs | Script Consultant |
| Writing | Pavel Lyalyakin | Script Consultant |
| Editing | Tatyana Likhachyova | Editor |
| Sound | Yuri Mikhailov | Sound Director |
| Directing | Anatoliy Golovanov | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Gleb Kuznetsov | Executive Producer |