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Captain of the First Rank

Captain of the First Rank

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 28, 1958

Runtime

1h 31m

Genres

Drama, History

User Score

60%

Original Title

Esimese järgu kapten

Production Companies

Tallinnfilm, Tallinna Kinostuudio

Director

Aleksandr Mandrykin

Description

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.