Klavdia Vavilova, a Red Army cavalry commissar, is waylaid by an unexpected pregnancy. She stays with a Jewish family to give birth and is softened somewhat by the experience of family life.

Credits

Aleksandr AskoldovDirector

Nonna MordyukovaKlavdia Vavilova

Rolan BykovYefim Mahazannik

Rayisa NedashkivskaMaria Mahazannik

Vasiliy ShukshinThe Commandant