Within the sylvan hills of Russia's Don River valley, Grigori, a fiery and cruel young Cossack, takes up with Aksiniya, the wife of a fellow warrior. The brawling beauty of Cossack village life and the violent upheaval of World War I and the Bolshevik Revolution form a spectacular backdrop for a romance as real as it is tragic. Driven to deception and disgrace, the two lovers battle the condemnation of the old order and the dangers of a dawning new world.
Director: Sergei Gerasimov
Producer: Carole Curb Nemoy
Producer: Charles Acosta
Producer: Dave Fraunces
Producer: Duncan Montgomery
Actor: A. Filippova
Actor: Daniil Ilchenko
Actor: Elina Bystritskaya
Actor: Lyudmila Khityaeva
Actor: Nikolai Smirnov
Actor: Pyotr Glebov
Actor: Zinaida Kirienko
Actor: Alexandr Grave
Actor: Alexandr Zhukov
Actor: Alexandra Denisova
Actor: Boris Novikov
Actor: Dm. Kapka
Actor: Mikhail Gluzsky
Actor: Natalya Arkhangelskaya
Actor: Yelena Maksimova
Actor: Zinaida Kiriyenko