Deadly Enemy

Deadly Enemy

1971 · 81 min · ★ 7.5 · Drama, Romance

Based on the Don stories by Mikhail Sholokhov. Soviet power was only established on the Don, and a conflict broke out in the first commune: the wife of the commune’s leader Arseniy Klyukvin, having believed the promises of the white officer, fell in love and went to live with him with the child. She doesn't want to hide her feelings, but unable to withstand the bestial attitude of a white officer, she returns back to the Bolshevik.

Directed by Yevgeny Matveyev · Written by Mikhail Sholokhov

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