Fate of a Man (1959)
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103 min
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...
- Release date
- April 12, 1959
- Country of origin
- Russia
- Music
- Venyamin Basner
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Cast
- Sergey Bondarchuk as Andrey Sokolov
- Pavel Boriskin as Vanyushka
- Zinaida Kirienko as Irina Sokolova
- Pavel Volkov as Ivan Timofeevich
- Yuri Averin as Müller
- Konstantin Alekseev as German Major Engineer
- Pavel Vinnikov as Soviet Colonel
- Evgeniy Teterin as Writer
- Anatoli Chemodurov as Soviet Artillery Lieutenant Colonel
- Aleksandr Novikov as Soviet Devout Soldier
- Lev Borisov as Platoon Commander
- Viktor Markin as Captive Surgeon
- Vladimir Ivanov as Lead Singer
- Pyotr Savin as Pyotr
- Yevgeniya Melnikova as Landlady
- Georgi Shapovalov as Concentration Camp Prisoner
- Vladimir Boriskin as Concentration Camp Prisoner (uncredited)
- Andrey Karasyov as German Soldier (uncredited)
- Aleksandr Lebedev as Young Soviet Soldier (uncredited)
- Viktors Lorencs as One-eyed German Officer (uncredited)
Crew
- Sergey Bondarchuk · Director
- Yuriy Lukin · Writer
- Fyodor Shakhmagonov · Writer
- Mikhail Sholokhov · Writer
- Venyamin Basner · Composer
- Vladimir Monakhov · Cinematographer
- Tatyana Likhachyova · Editor
- Ippolit Novoderyozhkin · Production designer
- Sergey Voronkov · Production designer