The Colt
Brief Synopsis
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After years of arduous fighting in a Red Army cavalry unit during the Russian civil war, Trofim gains a renewed sense of warmth and humanity when his mare gives birth to a foal. He is ordered to destroy the newborn animal but cannot bring himself to carry out the order. The colt survives in the mids...
Cast & Crew
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Vladimir Fetin
Director
Yevgeniy Matveyev
Trofim
Leonid Parkhomenko
Squadron commander
G. Karelina
Cossack woman
S. Polezhayev
Officer
A. Trusov
Cavalry sergeant-major
Film Details
Also Known As
Zherebyonok
Release Date
Jan
1961
Premiere Information
New York opening: 3 Jun 1961
Production Company
Lenfilm
Distribution Company
Artkino Pictures
Country
Soviet Union
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "Zherebyonok" by Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov (Moscow?, 1926).
Technical Specs
Duration
42m
Synopsis
After years of arduous fighting in a Red Army cavalry unit during the Russian civil war, Trofim gains a renewed sense of warmth and humanity when his mare gives birth to a foal. He is ordered to destroy the newborn animal but cannot bring himself to carry out the order. The colt survives in the midst of battle and follows Trofim's unit. Losing its way, it strays behind enemy lines and nearly drowns as it tries to cross a river to reach its mother. Trofim rescues the colt but is mortally wounded as he reaches the riverbank. Before dying, he sees the colt rejoin its mother.
Director
Vladimir Fetin
Director
Cast
Yevgeniy Matveyev
Trofim
Leonid Parkhomenko
Squadron commander
G. Karelina
Cossack woman
S. Polezhayev
Officer
A. Trusov
Cavalry sergeant-major
Crew
K. Eliasberg
Conductor
B. Griner
Production Manager
Yevgeniy Kirpichyov
Director of Photography
Grigoriy Kozintsev
Creative Supervisor
K. Kozyreva
Film Editor
L. Makhtin
Assistant Director
N. Oslikovskiy
Military cons
S. Ponomarenko
Story editor
A. Rudyakov
Art Director
Vasiliy Pavlovich Solovyov-sedoy
Music
S. Turkova-sholokhova
Cons
Arnold Vitol
Screenwriter
A. Volokhova
Sound
Film Details
Also Known As
Zherebyonok
Release Date
Jan
1961
Premiere Information
New York opening: 3 Jun 1961
Production Company
Lenfilm
Distribution Company
Artkino Pictures
Country
Soviet Union
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "Zherebyonok" by Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov (Moscow?, 1926).
Technical Specs
Duration
42m
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Trivia
Notes
Released in the U.S.S.R. in March 1960 as Zherebyonok.
