Commissar

Commissar (Russian: Комиссар, romanized: Komissar) is a 1967 Soviet film directed by Aleksandr Askoldov. The film stars Nonna Mordyukova as Klavdiya Vavilova, a commissar in the Russian Civil War who falls pregnant and is made to live with the family of a poor Jewish blacksmith (Rolan Bykov). Askoldov based the film on In the Town of Berdychev, a short story by Vasily Grossman, as well as Isaac Babel's story cycle Red Cavalry. Upon its release, it was banned for 20 years, and only released fully in 1988. It won several awards.