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Original title

Optimisticheskaya tragediya (Optimistic Tragedy)

Year

1963

Running time

120 min.

Country

Soviet Union (USSR)

Director

Samson Samsonov

Screenwriter

Samson Samsonov, Sofiya Vishnevetskaya. Play: Vsevolod Vishnevskiy

Cast

Music

Vladimir Dekhterev

Cinematography

Vladimir Monakhov

Producer

Mosfilm

Genre

Drama. War | Historical. Russian Revolution

Synopsis

In 1917, a battleship lies at the harbour of Kronstadt, the sailors under their captain have turned anarchist. A young blonde woman comes aboard, she's the newly appointed Bolshevik Commissar. After's she's shown the sailors how tough she can be, she wins their respect. The crew and its Commissar get involved in the Civil War battles, they have to leave the ship and fight as infantry troops against the White Cavalry. Marches across the desert, in the end they again reach the shores, but are defeated. Heroic death of the Commissar.

Awards: 1963: Cannes Film Festival: Nominated for Golden Palm (Best Film)

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Optimistic Tragedy

1963

Samson Samsonov