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Fate of a Man(Movie, 1959)

Original title: "Судьба человека" (Russian/RU)
1h 43min | Genres: Drama, War
Fate of a ManRating: 3.8/5 (with 2626 votes)
Fate of a Man (Russian: Судьба человека, translit. Sudba Cheloveka), also released as A Man's Destiny and Destiny of a Man is a 1959 Soviet World War II film adaptation of the short story by Mikhail Sholokhov, and also the directorial debut of Sergei Bondarchuk. In the year of its release it won the Grand Prize at the 1st Moscow International Film Festival. ()
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About Fate of a Man

The story of a man (Andrey Sokolov) whose life was ruthlessly crippled by World War II. His wife and daughters were killed during the bombing of his village, he spent some time as a prisoner, and his only son was killed in action only a few days before the victory...

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Additional Information

Production country: Soviet Union
Based on the work of: Mikhail Sholokhov ("Fate of a Man")
Made by: Mosfilm
Original language: Russian (RU)
Spoken languages: Russian (RU)
Translated into 19 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 08/08/1959 (World premiere: 08/01/1959)
Producer: Roskino
Screenwriter: Yury Lukin
Director of Photography: Vladimir Monakhov
Composer: Veniamin Basner
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"El destino de un hombre"
"Het lot van een man"
"I moira enos anthropou"
"人間の運命"
"Het Lot van een Mens"
"Los czlowieka"
"Sudba cheloveka"
"Destiny of a Man"

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