Tikhiy Don (1957)

Drama History

A six-hour long epic (original director's cut) about the life of Don Cossacs in a village in southern Russia between 1912 and 1922. The leading character Grigori Melekhov is a rugged Cossac, who is torn between his first and true love Aksiniya, and his wife Natalya. Grigori Melekhov's personal life is shown as a rough journey through the experience of World War One, the Russian Revolution, and the following Civil War. The Cossacs are shown as traditional farmers and warriors, who are suffering through the most dramatic events in the history of Russia.

Updated May 24 2020

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1957-06-06

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Runtime: 340 mins Rating: 6.0

Cast

Mikhail Gluzskiy

esaul Kalmykov

Boris Novikov

Mitka Korshunov

Vadim Zakharchenko

Prokhor Zykov

Igor Dmitriev

Evgeny Listnitsky

Aleksandra Denisova

Lukinichna

Lyudmila Khityaeva

Daria Melekhova

Pyotr Lyubeshkin

Alexey Shamil

Elina Bystritskaya

Aksiniya