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title: 'Destiny of a Man (1959)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sergei Bondarchuk'
released: '1959-04-12'
runtime_minutes: 103
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/destiny-of-a-man-1959'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053317/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Destiny of a Man (1959)

1959 · 103 min · Drama, War · Soviet Union

Original title: Судьба человека

## Synopsis

Fate of a Man, 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sergei Bondarchuk](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergei-bondarchuk)
- **Screenplay:** [Yury Lukin](https://cinepixo.com/people/yury-lukin)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Veniamin Basner](https://cinepixo.com/people/veniamin-basner)
- **Producer:** [Roskino](https://cinepixo.com/people/roskino)
- **Director of Photography:** [Vladimir Monakhov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-monakhov)

## Cast

- [Sergei Bondarchuk](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergei-bondarchuk)
- [Pavel Polunin](https://cinepixo.com/people/pavel-polunin)
- [Georgy Millyar](https://cinepixo.com/people/georgy-millyar)
- [Zinaida Kiriyenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/zinaida-kiriyenko)
- [Pavel Volkov](https://cinepixo.com/people/pavel-volkov)

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