Overview

With World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution, and the Russian Civil War as backdrop, it's an old-fashioned, blood-and-guts narrative, filled with earthly humor and a wealth of colorful characters. The story concerns the fluctuating fortunes of Grigory Melekhov, a young Cossack who is both a hero and a victim of the uprising.

Top Cast

Rupert Everett

Grigory

Delphine Forest

Aksinia

F. Murray Abraham

Pantaley

Ben Gazzara

Secretov

L

Lorenzo Amato

Mitka Korshunov

Natalya Andreychenko

Daria

M

Mikhail Baskov

Koshevoy

A

Alexander Bespalis

Prokor Zykov

Alyona Bondarchuk

Natalia

Sergey Bondarchuk

General Krasnov

Vladimir Gostyukhin

Petr

Nikolai Karachentsov

Scheglov