Is Quiet Flows the Don sad?

Yes, very. More sad than 98% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Quiet Flows the Don end with hope?

Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Quiet Flows the Don scary?

Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Quiet Flows the Don violent?

Somewhat. More violent than 68% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Quiet Flows the Don easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Quiet Flows the Don

Name: Quiet Flows the Don
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1957
Duration: 340 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Danylo Ilchenko, Anastasiya Filippova, Pyotr Glebov, Nikolai Smirnov, Lyudmila Khityaeva

The epic film based on Mikhail Sholokhov's classic novel in COLOR

Directed by Sergei Gerasimov

Produced by Gorky Film Studios

1957340 min6.3 / 10

An epic historical drama tracing the personal and cultural devastation of a Cossack protagonist through war, revolution, and ideological collapse.

Based on the novel of the same name by Mikhail Sholokhov, about the fate of people broken by the First World War, the October Revolution of 1917 and the Civil War in Russia (1917-1922), about the collapse of the foundations and ideals of the Don Cossacks of Russia at the beginning of the XX century, about the personal tragedy of the protagonist — Grigoriy Melekhov.

Clusters

Trapped by Fate, Undone by History Corrupted by Ambition Government Oppression Dramas Historical War Movies Native American & Frontier Life

Genres

Drama History

Keywords

Based On Novel Or Book World War I Cossack Bolshevik 1910s

Questions people ask

Is Quiet Flows the Don sad? Yes, very. More sad than 98% of films.
Does Quiet Flows the Don end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.
Is Quiet Flows the Don scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.
Is Quiet Flows the Don violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.
Is Quiet Flows the Don easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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