Captain of the First Rank (1958)
Drama
History
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.
Cast
Nikolay Lezvin - kapitan 1 ranga
Zakhar Psaltyryov
Gavrila Titov - matros
Sergeev - matros
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Velikiy knyaz
Aleksey
Yan
Viktor Zheleznov - vitse admiral
Botsman
Episodic role
From the author / Voice narrator
Leopold Everling - graf
Lezvina
Nastasya - mama Vali
Valya
Luiza Everling
Visloukhov - kontr-admiral
Lavrentiy Kudinov - botsman
Crew
Director
Screenplay
Novel
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