Captain of the First Rank

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 28, 1958

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Tallinnfilm,Tallinna Kinostuudio

Cast

Pavel Pervushin,Nikolay Bessarabov,Aleksandr Zakharov,Mikhail Mamaev,Vyacheslav Sirin,Kaarin Raid,Boris Livanov,Mikhail Orlov,Mikhail Dubrava,Voldemar Alevand 17 more

Director

Aleksandr Mandrykin

Writer

Yuriy Krotkov,Aleksei Novikov-Priboy

Producer

Kullo Must

Cinematography

Yuli Kun

Music

Eugen Kapp

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0447023