The Commissar
About The Commissar
Klavdia Vavilova, a Red Army cavalry commissar, is waylaid by an unexpected pregnancy. She stays with a Jewish family to give birth and is softened somewhat by the experience of family life.
The Commissar is a 1967 war film directed by Aleksandr Askoldov. Nonna Mordyukova takes the lead as Klavdia Vavilova, Rolan Bykov as Yefim Mahazannik, Rayisa Nedashkivska as Maria Mahazannik, and Vasiliy Shukshin as The Commandant.
Released in June 1967, it runs 110 minutes. Written by Aleksandr Askoldov.
In the United States it streams on Klassiki.