In the azure steppe (1971)
Three novellas based on M. Sholokhov's early stories about the first years of the formation of Soviet power on the Don. (1) “Koloverť”. Two Cossack brothers and their elderly father fight for the Bolsheviks, but when only Ignat and his father return to their White-held stanitsa, their third brother betrays them, sealing their fate by handing them over for execution. (2) “Chervotočina”. Idealistic Stepan joins the Komsomol against his wealthy Cossack family’s wishes, but when two oxen he lends to a poor neighbor vanish, his enraged father and brother beat both Stepan and the neighbor to death. (3) “Prodkomissar”. Commissar Ignat Bodiagin is charged with requisitioning grain for the Red Army, only to find his own father condemned for hoarding; he must preside over his execution and soon dies himself leading the resisting Cossacks away from the grain convoy.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is In the azure steppe about?
- Three novellas based on M. Sholokhov's early stories about the first years of the formation of Soviet power on the Don. (1) “Koloverť”. Two Cossack brothers and their elderly father fight for the Bolsheviks, but when only Ignat and his father return to their White-held stanitsa, their third brother betrays them, sealing their fate by handing them over for execution. (2) “Chervotočina”. Idealistic Stepan joins the Komsomol against his wealthy Cossack family’s wishes, but when two oxen he lends to a poor neighbor vanish, his enraged father and brother beat both Stepan and the neighbor to death. (3) “Prodkomissar”. Commissar Ignat Bodiagin is charged with requisitioning grain for the Red Army, only to find his own father condemned for hoarding; he must preside over his execution and soon dies himself leading the resisting Cossacks away from the grain convoy.
- Who directed In the azure steppe?
- In the azure steppe was directed by Valeri Lonskoy, Oleg Bondaryov, Vitaly Koltsov, Vladimir Shamshurin.
- Who stars in In the azure steppe?
- In the azure steppe stars Valentina Berezutskaya, Nadezhda Fedosova, Yevgeni Gerasimov, Zinaida Kirienko, Pyotr Kononykhin, Pavel Kormunin.
- What genre is In the azure steppe?
- In the azure steppe is a Drama film.
- Where was In the azure steppe produced?
- In the azure steppe was produced in Soviet Union.