The Cossacks (1961)
Original title: Казаки
The Cossacks is a 1961 Russian-language drama movie directed by Vasily Pronin, with a running time of 1h 37m. It stars Leonid Gubanov, Boris Andreyev and Zinaida Kirienko.
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
- Leonid Gubanov as Dmitri Olenin
- Boris Andreyev as Yeroshka
- Zinaida Kirienko as Maryana
- Eduard Bredun as Lukashka
- Boris Novikov as Nazarka
- German Kachin as Vanyusha
- Izabella Mehn as Ustenka
- Vera Yenyutina as Maryana's mother
- Konstantin Gradopolov as Beletsky
- Vsevolod Safonov as Olenin's friend
- Leonid Topchiyev as Olenin's friend
- Aleksandra Danilova as Lukashka's mother