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  1. Commissar (Russian: Комиссар, translit. Komissar) is a 1967 Soviet film directed by Aleksandr Askoldov based on one of Vasily Grossman's first short stories, "In the Town of Berdychev" (В городе Бердичеве). Berdychev is centrally located in the north of Ukraine.

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    Commissar (or sometimes Kommissar) is an English transliteration of the Russian комиссáр (komissar), which means 'commissary'. In English, the transliteration commissar often refers specifically to the political commissars of Soviet and Eastern-bloc armies or to the people's commissars (effectively government ministers ...

  3. The Commissar: Directed by Aleksandr Askoldov. With Nonna Mordyukova, Rolan Bykov, Raisa Nedashkovskaya, Lyudmila Volynskaya. Klavdia Vavilova, a Red Army cavalry commissar, is waylaid by an unexpected pregnancy.

  4. Feb 25, 2021 · Overall, The Commissar (104 minutes) belongs to the remarkable and bold series of Soviet Union films, which has outlived the restrictive ideology of its time. It’s multi-layered humanist drama and distinct visual style hasn’t lost its freshness and context.

  5. walter m "The Commissar" is set during the Russian Civil War as Communist troops are setting up shop in a village. Amongst them, Klavdia(Nonna Mordyukova), a...

  6. The pregnant commissar of a Red Army unit, Klavdia Vavilova, enters the town of Berdichev at the head of her battalion in 1922 and shoots a deserter who had escaped home to his wife. While occupying the town, this hard-edged, dedicated Bolshevik must tell her second-in-command that she must leave the Army because she is pregnant.

  7. Aleksandr Askoldov. Commissar (1967) Seventeen Moments in Soviet History. 4.67K subscribers. 6.8K views 10 years ago. ...more. This film was shelved by the Soviet government and released only as...