'' Fate of a Man '' ( , translit . Sudba Cheloveka ) , also released as '' A Man 's Destiny '' and '' Destiny of a Man '' is a 1959 Soviet 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 ; Bondarchuk would win again for the first part of his colossal adaption of Tolstoy 's '' War and Peace '' , titled '' Andrei Bolkonsky '' , six years later
1st Moscow International Film Festival
1st Moscow International Film Festival
Fate of a Man