question: Which Soviet drama film did this Soviet and Russian actor acclaimed for his portrayal of noble and positive characters direct in 1959?
answer: The Overcoat
context: Title: A Home for Tanya
  Passage: A Home for Tanya (Russian: Отчий дом , translit.  Otchiy dom) is a 1959 Soviet drama film directed by Lev Kulidzhanov.  It competed for the Palme d'Or at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival.
  Title: All Costs Paid
  Passage: All Costs Paid (Russian: "За всё заплачено" translit.  "Za vsyo zaplacheno") is a Soviet TV miniseries produced by Studio Ekran.  The director Aleksei Saltykov well known for his film "The Chairman" (Russian: ""Председатель"" translit.  ""Predsedatel"" ) with Mikhail Ulyanov, an acclaimed Russian actor playing a main character.  "All Costs Paid" is one of the first Soviet feature films that shows the war in Afghanistan.  Film has unusually truthful point of view on that period of Soviet Era and on the Soviet war in Afghanistan.
  Title: Russian Field
  Passage: Russian Field (Russian: Русское поле , "Russkoye pole " ) is a 1972 Soviet drama film directed by Nikolai Moskalenko.  It took the 22nd place in terms of attendance among domestic films in the Soviet Union.
  Title: Girl Seeks Father
  Passage: Girl Seeks Father (Russian: Девочка ищет отца / Devochka ishchet otsa) is a 1959 Soviet drama film that was produced by Yuri Bulychyov at the Belarusfilm, directed by Lev Golub, and which stars Anna Kamenkova, Vladimir Guskov, Nikolai Barmin.  Writers: Konstantin Gubarevich, Yevgeny Ryss.  In 1959, it was the fifth film in Soviet Union in terms of the box office.  It was watched by over 35 millions spectators, which makes it the third watched Belarusian film ever.
  Title: Innokenty Smoktunovsky
  Passage: Innokenty Mikhaylovich Smoktunovsky (Russian: Иннокентий Михайлович Смоктуновский ; born "Smoktunovich", 28 March 19253 August 1994) was a Soviet actor acclaimed as the "king of Soviet actors".  He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1974 and the Hero of Socialist Labour in 1990.
  Title: His Call
  Passage: His Call (Russian: Его призыв , "Yego prizyv " ) is a 1925 Soviet drama film directed by Yakov Protazanov.  It was also released as 23 January (Russian: 23 января ) in the Soviet Union and as Broken Chains in the United States.
  Title: E.A. — Extraordinary Accident
  Passage: E.A. — Extraordinary Accident (Russian: Ч.  П.  — Чрезвычайное происшествие , "Ch.  P. - Chrezvychainoe proisshestvie " ) is a 1958 Soviet drama film directed by Viktor Ivchenko.  It was the box office leader of 1959 in the Soviet Union having had more than 47 million viewers.  The film is based on real events of the capture of the Soviet tanker "Tuapse" in 1954.
  Title: Among Grey Stones
  Passage: Among Grey Stones (Russian: Среди серых камней , "Sredi serykh kamney " ) is a 1983 Soviet drama film directed by Kira Muratova.  The film suffered a lot from the Soviet censorship and was edited without the acceptance of Muratova, so she refused to release it under her name - it was attributed to "Ivan Sidorov" (a common Russian name and surname).  It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.
  Title: Aleksey Batalov
  Passage: Aleksey Vladimirovich Batalov (Russian: Алексе́й Влади́мирович Бата́лов ; 20 November 1928 – 15 June 2017) was a Soviet and Russian actor acclaimed for his portrayal of noble and positive characters.  He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1976 and a Hero of Socialist Labour in 1989.
  Title: The Overcoat (1959 film)
  Passage: The Overcoat (Russian: Шинель ) is a 1959 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksey Batalov, based on Nikolai Gogol's story "The Overcoat".
citations: The Overcoat (1959 film) Aleksey Batalov