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.
as Grigory
as Aksinia
as Pantaley
as Secretov
as Mitka Korshunov
as Daria
as Koshevoy
as Prokor Zykov
as Natalia
as General Krasnov
as Petr
as Scheglov
as General Lysytzyn
as old cossack
as Stepan
as Vasilisa Ilinichna
as Listnitsky
as Christonya
as Dunyasha
as cossack
as Ivan Alekseevich
as musician
as narrator (voice)
as Aleshka's widow
as grandpa Sashka
as submariner (uncredited)
as Martin Shamil
as Beskhlebnov