Father of a Soldier (1965)

7.1/10 83 min Drama War

Overview

When peasant Georgy Makharashvili hears that his soldier son is lying wounded in a hospital, he sets out to visit him. However, unknown to him, his son has been sent back to the front. Reluctant to return home and in a vain attempt to locate his boy, Georgy joins the Red Army in it's unrelenting push to the west.

Cast

Sergo Zakariadze

Giorgiy Makharashvili

Aleksandr Nazarov

Arkadiy Ershov, soldier

Aleksandr Lebedev

Nikolay Nazarov, soldier

Vladimir Kolokoltsev

Grisha, soldier

Ivan Kosykh

Accordionist

Viktor Kosykh

Vasiliy Dmitrievich, boy on the cart

Viktor Uralsky

Sailor without legs

Ketevan Bochorishvili

Mariya, Georgiy's wife

Vladimir Pitsek

Hospital registrar

Pyotr Lyubeshkin

General

Tatyana Reshetnikova

Devushka-boets

Nikolai Barmin

Colonel

Inna Vykhodtseva

Woman with children, Vasiliy's mama

Roman Vildan

Musician

Bondo Goginava

Georgiy's fellow villager

Vyacheslav Zharikov

Foreman, tankman

Valentin Kulik

Oboist

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