Captain of the First Rank (1958)
Synopsis
Zakhar Psaltyrev went through many ordeals in the royal fleet, where massacres and bullying of people became a custom. Only thanks to his natural intelligence and perseverance, the illiterate peasant boy managed to avoid the fate of many of his comrades, who became drunkards and lost their human dignity. Captain 1st Rank Lezvin, commander of the cruiser "Svyatoslav", himself suffocating in the difficult atmosphere of the tsarist autocracy, fatherly fell in love with his messenger for his simple Russian soul, quick-witted mind, love for the homeland and hatred of oppression. Zakhar learned a lot from Lezvin, but soon they had to part. Zakhar becomes an active underground Bolshevik.
Release Date: 1958-12-28
Runtime: 91 minutes
Director: Aleksandr Mandrykin
Top Cast
- Boris Livanov as Nikolay Lezvin
- Mikhail Orlov as Zakhar Psaltyryov
- Vladimir Yemelyanov as Viktor Zheleznov - vitse admiral
- Olev Eskola as Leopold Everling - graf
- Ninel Myshkova as Lezvina
- Galina Iniutina as Nastasya - mama Vali
- Eve Kivi as Valya
- Asta Vihandi as Luiza Everling
- Boris Zhukovsky as Visloukhov - kontr-admiral
- Valentin Arkhipenko as Lavrentiy Kudinov - botsman
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