An Optimistic Tragedy (1963)

  • NR
  • 06/12/1963 (SU)
  • War, Drama, History
  • 2h

Overview

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.

Samson Samsonov

Director, Writer

Sofiya Vishnevetskaya

Writer

Cast

Margarita Volodina's headshot

Margarita Volodina

Commissar
Boris Andreyev's headshot

Boris Andreyev

Vozhak
Vyacheslav Tikhonov's headshot

Vyacheslav Tikhonov

Aleksei
Vsevolod Sanayev's headshot

Vsevolod Sanayev

Siplyy
Orvo Björninen's headshot

Orvo Björninen

Vainonen
Vsevolod Safonov's headshot

Vsevolod Safonov

Bering
Ivan Zhevago's headshot

Ivan Zhevago

boatswain
Daniil Netrebin's headshot

Daniil Netrebin

Ryaboy

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