THE COSSACKS (1961)

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The Cossacks
Drama
August 14, 1961
Russian
1h 37m
Soviet Union
Mosfilm
Historical drama based on the eponymous novel by Leo Tolstoy. Junker Olenin, a representative of St.Petersburg's golden youth, is traveling from St.Petersburg to the Caucasus in search of romance. His regiment is stationed in the Cossack village. Here he falls in love with the beautiful Maryana and is ready to marry her, but she loves the Cossack Lukashka and is not going to exchange him for the master...
Cast & Characters
Leonid Gubanov
Dmitri Olenin
Boris Andreyev
Yeroshka
Zinaida Kirienko
Maryana
Eduard Bredun
Lukashka
Boris Novikov
Nazarka
German Kachin
Vanyusha
Izabella Mehn
Ustenka
Vera Yenyutina
Maryana's mother
Konstantin Gradopolov
Beletsky
Vsevolod Safonov
Olenin's friend
Leonid Topchiyev
Olenin's friend
Aleksandra Danilova
Lukashka's mother
Ivan Lyubeznov
khorunzhyi
Artur Nishchyonkin
Yergushov
Yevgeni Shutov
Velenchuk
Anatoliy Papanov
khorunzhyi
Crew
Vasily Pronin
Director
Viktor Shklovskiy
Writer
Leo Tolstoy
Novel
Gavriil Popov
Original Music Composer
Valentin Zakharov
Director of Photography
Igor Gelein
Director of Photography
Arkadiy Ashkinazi
Executive Producer