Life on the Tatarsky farm flows slowly and leisurely. The young Cossack, Grishka Melekhov, falls in love with the married beauty Aksinya. His strict father, upon learning of this, forcibly marries him to another woman, Natalya Korshunova. Grigory, unhappy in his marriage, continues to see his lover in secret.
| Name | Type | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Михаил Шолохов | Writer | ||
| Nicola Badalucco | Writer | ||
| Sergey Bondarchuk | Writer | ||
| Sergey Bondarchuk | Director | ||
| Fedor Bondarchuk | Director |