Handlung
1912: Im Dorf Tatarsk verläuft das Leben wie überall im weiten Gebiet der Donkosaken in Bahnen, die eine jahrhundertealte Tradition vorgezeichnet hat. Grigori, Sohn des Pantelei Melechow, verliebt sich in Axinja, die Frau seines Nachbarn Stepan. Als Stepan in die Maimanöver zieht, erleben Grigori und Axinja eine kurze Zeit leidenschaftlichen Glücks. Um dem skandalösen Verhältnis ein Ende zu machen, verheiratet Pantelei Melechow seinen Sohn mit Natalja.
Regie
Besetzung
Danilo Il'cenko
Pantelej Prokof'evic Melehov
Anastasiya Filippova
Il'inicna
Petr Glebov
Grigorij
Nikolaj Smirnov
Petr
Ludmila Hitaeva
Dar'a
Natal'a Arhangel'skaa
Dunaska
Aleksej Blagovestov
Stepan Astahov
Elina Bystrickaa
Aksin'a
Aleksandr Zukov
Miron Grigor'evic Korsunov
Aleksandra Denisova
Lukinicna
Zinaida Kirienko
Natal'a
Boris Novikov
Mit'ka
Aleksandr Karpov
Ded Grisaka
Elena Maksimova
Kosevaa
Gennadij Karakin
Mihail Kosevoj
Valentina Hmara
Masutka Kosevaa
Aleksandr Satov
General Listnickij
Igor' Dmitriev
Evgenij Listnickij
Viliam Shatunovsky
Stockman
Petr Cernov
Bunchuk
Mikola Muravjov
Podtelkov
Boris Murav'ev
Krivoshlykov
Mihail Gluzskij
Kalmykov
Aleksandr Titov
Kotlyarov
Vadim Zaharcenko
Prokhor Zykov
Viktor Bubnov
Fomin
Mihail Vasil'ev
Khristonya
Dmitri Kapka
granddad Sashka
Sergej Urtajkin
Valet
Nikolai Tyamin
general
Petr Lubeskin
Shamil
Vasilij Selokov
Mokhov (uncredited)
Vladimir Lebedev
Mikheyev (uncredited)
Semen Svasenko
Garandzha (uncredited)
Nikolaj Grabbe
officer (uncredited)
Aleksandr Grave
lieutenant (uncredited)
Georgij Demin
Chubatiy (uncredited)
Sergej Troickij
Yemelyan (uncredited)
Lev Stepanov
officer (uncredited)
Irina Radcenko
lady with a dog (uncredited)
Grigorij Mihajlov
miner (uncredited)
Urij Dedovic
white officer (uncredited)
Mihail Bocarov
officer (uncredited)
Inna Vyhodceva
Anna Pogudko (uncredited)
Petr Kirutkin
owner of the hut (uncredited)
Boris Kordunov
Chernetsov (uncredited)
Galina Malinovskaa
owner of the hut
Ol'ga Markina
moonshiner woman (uncredited)
Ivan Ryzov
Yermakov (uncredited)
Anatolij Sahnovskij
general (uncredited)
Georgij Sapovalov
Spiridonov (uncredited)
Aleksandr Kuznecov
Kazak
Rustik Musatov
young Austrian soldier (uncredited)
Vasilij Kozenko
Cossack