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An Optimistic Tragedy
An Optimistic Tragedy
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An Optimistic Tragedy

Original Title: Оптимистическая трагедия

1963
2h
War
Drama
History

Status

Released

Release

1963

Runtime

2h

Storyline

1918 year. A woman commissar has been appointed from the Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party to the Russian warship Gromoboi, which is ruled by anarchist sailors. The leader of the ship is the anarchist Vozhak. The Commissioner was instructed to reorganize the naval detachment into the First Sailor Regiment. She faces a difficult task: to win the authority of the sailors and eradicate anarchy. Of the remaining officers on the ship — lieutenant Bering, who served in the tsarist fleet on the battleship "Emperor Paul I". He must become the commander and, together with the sent commissar, lead the regiment to the front in the Black Sea region.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
2h
Jun 12, 1963
Languages
Russian
Director
Samson Samsonov
Samson Samsonov
Production
Mosfilm
Mosfilm
Production Countries
Soviet Union

Top Cast

41 Cast Members

Margarita Volodina

Margarita Volodina

Commissar

Borys Andreiev

Borys Andreiev

Vozhak

Vyacheslav Tikhonov

Vyacheslav Tikhonov

Aleksei

Vsevolod Sanayev

Vsevolod Sanayev

Siplyy

Orvo Björninen

Vainonen

Vsevolod Safonov

Vsevolod Safonov

Bering

Ivan Zhevago

Ivan Zhevago

boatswain

Daniil Netrebin

Daniil Netrebin

Ryaboy

Grigory Mikhaylov

Grigory Mikhaylov

old sailor

Pyotr Sobolevsky

Pyotr Sobolevsky

ship's doctor

Erast Garin

Erast Garin

Vozhachok

Oleg Strizhenov

Oleg Strizhenov

first officer

Gleb Strizhenov

Gleb Strizhenov

second officer

Aleksey Glazyrin

Aleksey Glazyrin

presenter

Valentin Belokhvostik

Valentin Belokhvostik

presenter

Iosif Vankov

tattooed sailor

Veronika Buzhinskaya

Veronika Buzhinskaya

woman in black

Viktor Shulgin

Viktor Shulgin

tall sailor

Ivan Bychkov

Ivan Bychkov

sailor

Ivan Bondar

sailor

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