Quiet Flows the Don (English subtitles). Part 1/3 (1/7).

Quiet Flows the Don (English subtitles). Part 1/3 (1/7).

A screen adaptation of the novel of the same name by Soviet writer Mikhail Sholokhov, a Nobel Prize winner. The film depicts the destinies of the Don Cossacks during the First World War and the Civil War in Russia. Cossack Grigory Melekhov lives in a village of Veshenskaya. He is in love with Aksynia, but on his father's insistence, has to marry another girl. Finding out about his love affair with Aksynia, his young wife leaves home. Shortly before the war, Grigory and his beloved also leave the farm. While on the Austrian front, Grigory learns of the Czar's abdication and of the end of the war. He is on his way home where Aksynia must be waiting for him.

I would highly recommend this film to anyone that is interested in Cossack history and culture and/or early Soviet history.
A couple bits of advice for the foreign/western viewer:
1. The first part may not be as exciting as the last two, but it introduces you to all the characters in the film and fleshes out their relations to each other. To get the most out of the parts 2 and 3, it is important to make an effort to put names to faces and note how each character is related to each other.
2. The films were made for audiences that already had some knowledge of Cossacks and this period in history (WWI, Russian revolution, and the civil war). There are scenes that take place in parts 2 and 3 that no background information is given on, and if you are not familiar with the history will be somewhat confusing. It is highly recommended that one do a little reading online on Cossack history during this period before viewing this miniseries. It would also help to have a basic understanding of Russian revolution and subsequent civil war.

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Crew:
Written and Directed by Sergey GERASlMOV
Director of Photography Vladimir RAPOPORT
Production Designer B. DULENKOV
Music by Yu. LEVlTlN

Cast:
D. lLCHENKO as Panteley Prokofievich Melekhov
A. FlLlPPOVA as llyinichna
P. GLEBOV as Grigory
N. SMlRNOV as Pyotr
L. KHlTYAYEVA as Darya
N. ARKHANGELSKAYA as Dunyashka
A. BLAGOVESTOV as Stepan Astakhov
E. BYSTRlTSKAYA as Aksinya
A. ZHUKOV as Miron Grigorievich Korshunov
B. NOVlKOV as Mitka
A. KARPOV as Grandfather Grishaka
V. KHMARA as Mashutka Koshevaya
A. SHATOV as General Listnitsky
l. DMlTRlYEV as Yevgeny Listnitsky
V. SHATUNOVSKY as Shtokman
A. TlTOV as Ktolyarov
V. ZAKHARCHENKO as Prokhor Zykov
M. VASSlLlEV as Khristonya
D. KAPKA as Grandfather Sashka
S. YURTAlKlN as Valet
P. LYUBESHKlN as Shamil

© Moscow M.Gorky Film Studio, 1957.
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Internet movie Database:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051082/
RUSCICO:
http://www.ruscico.com/dvd.php?lang=en&dvd=112
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Subtitles from http://subs.com.ru/page.php?id=6484

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[Blanka5881]

One of the best films I have ever seen..Thank you!

[therighttoremain]

My old man used to tell me how Quiet Flows the Don was the best thing he had ever seen. We lived in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia in the 1980s. For some reason it held a deep resonance with him. He died two years ago. Thank you for uploading, finally I can experience what he did and perhaps understand him little better.

[Blanka5881]

This version is one the best Russian film I have ever seen. Thank you for uploading! Greetings!

[lisa8220]

I have found you, looking forward to this. Know it will be great in advance.

[MirakelRakel]

Oh, thank you for uploading...

[snepanic]

Beautiful film!