Captain of the First Rank
Synopsis
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.
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Top cast
Boris Livanov
Nikolay Lezvin
Mikhail Orlov
Zakhar Psaltyryov
Vladimir Yemelyanov
Viktor Zheleznov - vitse admiral
Olev Eskola
Leopold Everling - graf
Ninel Myshkova
Lezvina
Galina Iniutina
Nastasya - mama Vali
Eve Kivi
Valya
Asta Vihandi
Luiza Everling
Boris Zhukovsky
Visloukhov - kontr-admiral
Valentin Arkhipenko
Lavrentiy Kudinov - botsman