Quiet Flows the Don

Quiet Flows the Don

The epic film based on Mikhail Sholokhov's classic novel in COLOR

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Release Date

10/26/1957

Runtime

340 mins

Overview

Based on the novel of the same name by Mikhail Sholokhov, about the fate of people broken by the First World War, the October Revolution of 1917 and the Civil War in Russia (1917-1922), about the collapse of the foundations and ideals of the Don Cossacks of Russia at the beginning of the XX century, about the personal tragedy of the protagonist — Grigoriy Melekhov.

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Budget

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Revenue

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A sweeping, deliberate portrait of a Cossack community and one man's fractured life across the chaos of revolution and civil war. This is intimate tragedy on an epic scale, personal destruction mirrored in the collapse of an entire world.

Mood

MelancholicDread-soakedEpicMournful

Themes

WarIdentityFamilyComing apartFaith

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

PainterlyWidescreen epic

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violence

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