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A Love Caught in the Fire of Revolution
Movie · 7.6 / 10 · 1.3K ratings · 22 Dec 1965 · English · 3h 20m · Released
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.
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