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Captain of the First Rank (1958)

Captain of the First Rank (1958)

Drama History
Release Date: 1958, December 28
Directors: Aleksandr Mandrykin
Countries: Soviet Union
Production: Tallinnfilm, Tallinnfilm, Tallinna Kinostuudio, Tallinna Kinostuudio
Cast: Mikhail Orlov, Eve Kivi, Aleksandr Zakharov, Olev Eskola, Georgiy Mochalov, Artyom Karapetyan, Pavel Pervushin, Endel Pärn, Galina Iniutina, Ninel Myshkova, Galina Kravchenko, Vladimir Yemelyanov

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.