Overview
With World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution, and the Russian Civil War as backdrop, it's an old-fashioned, blood-and-guts narrative, filled with earthly humor and a wealth of colorful characters. The story concerns the fluctuating fortunes of Grigory Melekhov, a young Cossack who is both a hero and a victim of the uprising.
Cast
- Rupert Everett as Grigory
- Delphine Forest as Aksinia
- F. Murray Abraham as Pantaley
- Ben Gazzara as Secretov
- Lorenzo Amato as Mitka Korshunov
- Natalya Andreychenko as Daria
- Mikhail Baskov as Koshevoy
- Alexander Bespalis as Prokor Zykov
- Alyona Bondarchuk as Natalia
- Sergey Bondarchuk as General Krasnov