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The Cossacks

(1961)

August 14, 1961 1h 37m
53%
TMDB Score

Overview

Historical drama based on the eponymous novel by Leo Tolstoy. Junker Olenin, a representative of St.Petersburg's golden youth, is traveling from St.Petersburg to the Caucasus in search of romance. His regiment is stationed in the Cossack village. Here he falls in love with the beautiful Maryana and is ready to marry her, but she loves the Cossack Lukashka and is not going to exchange him for the master...

Vasily Pronin

Director

Top Billed Cast

LG

Leonid Gubanov

Dmitri Olenin

BA

Boris Andreyev

Yeroshka

ZK

Zinaida Kirienko

Maryana

EB

Eduard Bredun

Lukashka

BN

Boris Novikov

Nazarka

GK

German Kachin

Vanyusha

IM

Izabella Mehn

Ustenka

VY

Vera Yenyutina

Maryana's mother

KG

Konstantin Gradopolov

Beletsky

VS

Vsevolod Safonov

Olenin's friend