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The Cossacks (1961)

The Cossacks poster
Original title
Казаки
Directed by
Vasili Pronin
Genre
drama film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 37m
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young Russian man joins a Cossack village near the Caucasus mountains. He falls in love with a local woman but struggles to fit into their strict and traditional way of life.

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What happens

The Cossacks (Russian: Казаки, romanized: Kazaki) is a 1961 Soviet romantic drama film directed by Vasili Pronin. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. It is based on Leo Tolstoy's 1864 novel of the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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