The commissar /
In this drama set against the Russian Civil War, a tough Red Army commander's military career is disrupted by an unwanted pregnancy. Forced to stay with a poor Jewish family until her child is born, she finds herself transformed by the warmth and compassion of her hosts. She must ultimately dec...
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| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | Russian |
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New York, NY :
International Film Exchange,
[1988?]
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| Series: | Soviet cinema today.
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| Summary: | In this drama set against the Russian Civil War, a tough Red Army commander's military career is disrupted by an unwanted pregnancy. Forced to stay with a poor Jewish family until her child is born, she finds herself transformed by the warmth and compassion of her hosts. She must ultimately decide whether to rejoin her troops or stay with her child. |
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| Item Description: | Videocassette release of the 1967 motion picture that was banned in the Soviet Union until 1988. Based on the story In the town of Berdichev by Vassily Grossman. Russian with English subtitles. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videocassette (105 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in. |
| Format: | VHS. |
| Production Credits: | Camera, Valery Ginsburg ; music, Alfred Schnittke. |